Literary Luminaries and English Vocabulary

The influence of France began in the Middle Ages. Today, we can see French words become fruits and seeds of modern English vocabulary. At that time, several words related to religion, government, legal terms, medicine, military etc were borrowed and absorbed by English vocabulary. Miraculous, caring, grace, passion, charity, sacraments, saints and other religious vocabulary directly borrows French vocabulary. Terms concerning legal provisions such as judges, juries, bail, false documents, plaintiffs, defense

In early modern English as a literary medium, the structure and vocabulary are not fixed compared to Greek and Latin, and it is in a state of constantly changing. When William Shakespeare began writing scripts for war, exploration, diplomacy, colonization, English immediately absorbed words from other languages. By the Elizabethan era, English has been widely used to expand philosophy, theology and physics science, but many writers lack the vocabulary to express these ideas. In order to respond, authors such as Edmund Spencer, Sir Philip Sydney, Christopher Marlow, William Shakespeare, invent, borrow or adopt different language words and phrases to express new ideas and distinctions, I called a new word. The scholars have estimated that Latin, Greek, modern Romance nouns, verbs, modifiers added 30,000 words in English between 1500 and 2018.

I first studied English was the story of a fairy tale my mother purchased and a literary book for other children. It is more fun to add new English words to your vocabulary as you can at the same time learn and appreciate the story. I like to learn literary era in English class. By reading literature and poetry, I can understand life and human nature, and can learn about past, people, and their culture. My perception of my life has changed by getting to know various aspects of my life in detail.