What to put in an Evolution of English Language research paper?

Question

Hello. What subtopics do you think of placing under my topic (Evolution of English Language)? As of now, I have these.

The Life Cycle of Languages
-The Birth of Languages
--Biblical Explanation
--Scientific Explanation
-The Death of Languages

The English Language Through the Years
-Early English
-Middle English
(please add some more?ü I'm not sure about these)

Standardization of English (something I'm not sure about again

Modern Times
-Slang
-Abbreviations
-Extinction of Words
-Word Coinage



I need more ideas on what to put. I'm not really sure about these and I don't know what to put in place of Standardization of English Language. Are there more subtopics I can put under Modern Times? I'm thinking about words named for people (to be put under coinage), I'm not sure what they're called. Eponyms?

If you could put more sources, it'll help a lot! :)

Ideas are very welcome.

Sorry about my wrong grammar. English is not my primary language.

Thank you for the information.

Answer 1

More than Standardization of English, it will be better:
The influence of English languaje
-as a diplomatic languages
-as a commercial tool

In Modern english, also you can talk abot the several "versions":
UK
US
Australia

In fact in the US, is not the same english as they talk in California as in New York.
Just some ideas

Answer 2

You might add a topic on whether British and Australiain English will converge with American English due to the amount of time they spend reading American Engish on the net. For example, there are lots of non-Americans on here. Should they use American spelling and terms, etc. e.g. 'color' instead of 'colour', 'overseas' instead of 'abroad', 'vacation' instead of 'holiday'. You could do a poll on here and see if anyone cares.

In Britain, we are starting to use more and more American terms, such as 'store' (for larger stores) instead of 'shop' (used now only for very small shops) and Movie instead of Film.

American terms are used more in advertising in the UK than in real life. There are differences in the mood they create. For example, we call an apartment a 'flat'. An apartment to us sounds like luxurious penthouse, whereas a flat sounds like a cheap badly-maintained place owned by a slum landlord or the local council. To an American, an 'apartment' is just an ordinary place to live.

How much non-American English do most Americans understand? Are they confused by things on the net or not?