B. The English lexicón is extremely big since it takes root in many languages from around the world. Many words can be introduced into the English language and son be widely accepted and recognized. Over one million words are in today’s dictionaries.
C. I recognized various prefixes and suffixes due to their comon use in the English language. Examples are: anti, dis, multi, pre, super, and re. Also, I recognized suffixes such as able, ize, ate, and ive.
D. Neologistic borrowings entered the English language in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries because that was the time were technology and culture began to widely spread throughout Britain and the United States. Also, the wars that went on at that time created very specific terminology which included neologisms borrowed from other languages. Also, the immigration of people from different parts of the world resulted in a mixture of the languages and enlarged the English language. Scientific advances also forced the English language to borrow terms from other parts of the world.
E. The relationship between language and empire consists in their interdependence. Above all, it is crucial to mention that an empire will most likely be very unified and share a lot of traditions among its territories. One of the most important of these traditions is language. Language will maintain an empire communicated and united. It will also set an identity for the people to be identified with and will create a sense of belonging to the inhabitants of the empire. Finally, a stron linguistic policy will keep an empire under control.
F. I believe language still affects language in the twenty-first century because people identify a language to a certain region in particular. Also, peole can tell where an individual is from depending of their language. However, this relationship is not as strong as it was before since languages have spread all over the world to different regions and have combined with other languages.
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