[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 surely the most influential form of communication. It is the most powerful instrument an individual can have. By definition, language is the use of vocal sounds by human beings, organized to express and communicate thoughts and feelings. It is what shaped our society to become what it has become today, what allowed our civilization to excel and progress to what is modern today. Language has allowed the individual to communicate within a group as well as within themselves in order to accomplish many goals. Language gives us a means by which we can organize our ideas and thoughts into rational, 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. The noise and feedback comes next. The sender encodes a message and, via the medium, sends it to the recipient who decodes it to understand it. This is how any language works. Encoding is done in words, or vocabulary, which the receiver interprets according to its perception and context. Over the past few centuries, English vocabulary has evolved at a very rapid speed (Wheeler 17). Vocabulary usage also depends on whether it is used in the English language or in English literature. Literature essentially means writings in prose or verse; especially writings having excellence of form or expression and expressing ideas of permanent or universal interest. Stories, dramas, novels, novels, poetry, etc. or the ideas relating to it are literature (Peck and Coyle 13). I...... middle of paper ... The most common way of producing new words is the process called borrowing, which involves taking words from other languages. The English language has always adopted what are called borrowings from other languages. Some examples are the elephant (Arabic origin), the croissant (French origin), the yogurt (Turkish origin), the pretzel and the kindergarten (both of German origin). One or more languages ​​evolve just as individuals evolve, nations evolve and humans evolve. And evolution means that the only thing permanent is change. Works Cited Baugh, Albert. A History of the English Language. Routledge. 1963 Wheeler, Rebecca. The functioning of language: from prescriptions to perspectives. Praeger. 1999 Peck, John; Coyle, Martin. A Brief History of English Literature. Palgrave Macmillan. 2002 Naomi, Baron. From the Alphabet to Email: How Written English Has Evolved and Where It's Headed. Routledge. 2001