Language is a means of communication. Human beings have the most complicated language which have many systems within the same system. There are more than 6000 languages around the world (Anderson, 2010). The speaker of any language determine the history of the language and how it has been codified in dictionaries and what is should be a language or correct language and what it should not be a language or correct language. English language is one clear example of these processes of the language. English is the language of millions of people around the world, it is derived from "England" according to the Routledge. Some dictionaries defined it rather than that, for example, the Champers Dictionary (11th edition) defined the English language as
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According to Einar Hugen's by Richard Nordquist, language standardization is a process to make words standard in any language, this process has many stages and steps to be fully accomplished. English codification started at the 14th century but the brilliant period was the 18th century. English was not the standard language in England and it was not very familiar. The dominant language was the "Celtic". The name " Avon " and "Ouse" which mean "water" are two example from that period of time. After that a wide range of vocabulary started to be used from the Germanic origin. Latin was also an important source of English. Many historical linguists divided the Germanic language into three groups; the west, the north, and the east. All Anglo-Saxon invaders relatively belonged to the west Germanic. So that, it can be seen the similarities between English, Germany, and Dutch. For example, the word "foot" in English "Fuss" in Germany, and "voet" in Dutch. After that English started to be familiar in England, but the political problems kept the language away from organizing and classifying. The language processes were patchy. Although there were any sources, there was a standardization in the writing system. It was very
According to Einar Hugen's by Richard Nordquist, language standardization is a process to make words standard in any language, this process has many stages and steps to be fully accomplished. English codification started at the 14th century but the brilliant period was the 18th century. English was not the standard language in England and it was not very familiar. The dominant language was the "Celtic". The name " Avon " and "Ouse" which mean "water" are two example from that period of time. After that a wide range of vocabulary started to be used from the Germanic origin. Latin was also an important source of English. Many historical linguists divided the Germanic language into three groups; the west, the north, and the east. All Anglo-Saxon invaders relatively belonged to the west Germanic. So that, it can be seen the similarities between English, Germany, and Dutch. For example, the word "foot" in English "Fuss" in Germany, and "voet" in Dutch. After that English started to be familiar in England, but the political problems kept the language away from organizing and classifying. The language processes were patchy. Although there were any sources, there was a standardization in the writing system. It was very