miércoles, 9 de julio de 2008

It Is Easier to be Articulate in English


This is a follow-up to my post called "Onomatopoeia."


The roots of the English language stem from the Germanic language family. Words inherited from this language are mostly monosyllabled, strong phonetic words, like church, elf, home, food, knock, think, wolf or wood. Most Germanic-rooted words in the English lexicon meet only the most basic means for communication while words with more complex meaning and pronunciation have been borrowed from the Greek or Latin, like hysterical and prestigious. Since most English nouns and verbs are monosyllables, more information can be transmitted using less letters, which also makes it an easier language to speak. The fact the Germanic culture was barbarian for most of its early history shaped the foundation of the English language to be less sophisticated. Therefore the conjugation of verbs is also much simpler in comparison to other languages. For example, in English there are only two variations in the conjugation of the verb to go compared to five different ones for the Spanish verb ir. The same is true for most English verbs.
English is my favorite language. The thing I love about English is that it incorporated this raw means of communications into a language that is more effective to convey more concrete ideas using less words.

2 comentarios:

Carito dijo...

Me encanta como muchos de los que escriben por aquí lo hacen con igual destreza en inglés y en español! yo me declaro incapaz!... por cierto, lo que dices de la eficiencia del inglés, me hace pensar que tal vez es una eficiencia de pensamiento incluso!

Anónimo dijo...

de acuerdo, en ingles llegas a punto inmediatamente.