h-speaking colonies, which are now independent and powerful states. British trade and influence also spread English; it is the second language of many other states because the ex-colonial countries have no better choice of a national language. English is currently acknowledged as the universal language of diplomacy and science. It is also the language that people usually speak when addressing foreigners, and it is the most popular second language (Dalby, 1998).Standard British English is the widely accepted standard language, the language of London and its elite. It is sometimes called the Kings (or Queens) English, BBC English, and Received Pronunciation. This standard use of English has been helped by the spread of education and literacy, the extension of printing and publishing, and recently the influence of radio and television. All these factors have increased the standardization of pronunciation, spelling, and spoken and written style.English shares linguistic features with other Indo-European languages. However, the lexicon, morphology, and phonology are characteristically Germanic. One example of this is that past tense inflections are a Germanic characteristic. Another distantly Germanic characteristic is the fixed primary stress on the first syllable, as expressed in the word brother (Bright 410).After completion of my research paper on the history of the English language, I can conclude that my hypothesis was generally correct. I had hypothesized that the English language was derivative from the Germanic tribes that invaded England during the fourth and fifth centuries. All the information I have found leads me in the direction of my original hypothesis except for the section that discusses the involvement of the Celtic tribe to the language. However, the overall conclusion that the language had derived from Germanic tribes is true, thus my hypothesis is correct.Only after researching through various books and dictionaries...
