[Writer's Name] [Supervisor's Name] [Subject] [Date] History of the English language and some of the many factors that have influenced its evolution Language is definitely the form of communication more influential. It is the most powerful tool an individual can have. By definition, language is the use of vocal sounds by humans, organized to express and communicate thoughts and feelings. It is what has shaped our society into what it is today, what has allowed our civilization to excel and progress into what is modern today. Language allowed the individual to communicate within a group as well as within it to achieve many goals. Language provides us with a means by which we can organize our ideas and thoughts into rational and logical actions. It is also a vehicle through which we can collect, analyze and learn from information. The main components of any language are a sender, a receiver, a message and a medium. Noise and feedback come later. The sender encodes a message and through the medium sends it to the recipient who decodes it to understand it. This is how any language works. Coding occurs in words, or vocabulary, which the recipient interprets based on his perception and context. Over the past few centuries, English vocabulary has evolved at a very rapid rate (Wheeler 17). The use of vocabulary also depends on whether it is used in the English language or in English literature. Literature basically means writings in prose or verse; especially writings which have excellence of form or expression and express ideas of permanent or universal interest. Stories, dramas, novels, short stories, poems, etc. or related ideas fall into the literature (Peck and Coyle 13). I...... middle of paper ......the most common way to produce new words is the process called borrowing, which involves borrowing words from other languages. The English language has always adopted so-called borrowings from other languages. Some examples are the elephant (of Arab origin), the croissant (of French origin), the yogurt (of Turkish origin), the pretzel and the kindergarten (both of German origin). A language or languages ​​evolve just as individuals evolve, nations evolve, and humans evolve. And evolution means that the only permanent thing is change. Works Cited Baugh, Albert. A history of the English language. Routledge. 1963 Wheeler, Rebecca. The functioning of language: from prescriptions to perspectives. Prager. 1999 Peck, John; Coyle, Martin. A brief history of English literature. Palgrave Macmillan. 2002 Noemi, Barone. From the alphabet to email: how written English has evolved and where it's going. Routledge. 2001