How do you think English will change in the future?

Familiar words and phrases of today will slowly become obsolete, and will be replaced with new words and phrases. The ease of travel will also help to shape the future of the English Language, with more and more interaction between different cultures, and as such, more and more opportunities to pick up new vocabulary.

Can you still speak Old English?

No, there are no native Old English or Middle English speakers left. If you want to hear approximately what Old and Middle English sounded like, host Kevin Stroud often reads texts in both period dialects during his podcast, The History of English.

Do people still speak Anglo-Saxon?

Anglo-Saxon (Old English) basically evolved into Modern English over time with significant influence from French. The form of the language spoken before about 1200 or so is not spoken today.

How far back can modern English be understood?

You would have to go back about 500–900 years. Depending on whether you understand middle English or not. So if you can understand an old style of speech you would be fine 500 years ago.

What does spoken Old English sound like?

Starts here17:55How we Know what Old English Sounded Like – YouTubeYouTube

How many years does it take to become a linguist?

Careers with a B.A. in Linguistics Plus 4-5 Years of Additional Graduate Training Receive a B.A. in Linguistics and go on for a Ph.D. in Linguistics in order to teach at a college or university or to work in language-related industry (e.g., editing, software development).

How did the Great Vowel Shift affect the English language?

At that time, there was a length distinction in the English vowels, and the Great Vowel Shift altered the position of all the long vowels, in a giant rotation. The nucleus of the two high vowels (front “long i” /i:/, and the back “long u” /u:/) started to drop, and the high position was retained only in the offglide.

When will the original and new languages become mutually intelligible?

After a thousand years, the original and new languages will not be mutually intelligible. After ten thousand years, the relationship will be essentially indistinguishable from chance relationships between historically unrelated languages. In isolated subpopulations speaking the same language, most changes will not be shared.

What can I do with a BA in linguistics?

Careers with a B.A. in Linguistics Plus 2-3 Years of Additional Graduate Training. Receive a B.A. in Linguistics and go on for a Masters degree in education in order to teach English as a second language in the U.S. or to teach a foreign language in an American school.