religion, its influence or impact on the english language
2007-03-19 02:50:45 · 4 answers · asked by ijaycharis 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
The beautiful language of the King James version of the Bible and the Book of Common Prayer are echoed everywhere in English literature. In a culture where the Christian faith was the backbone of society and thought, religion was a natural part of life and referred to in countless works of literature. Because the modern trend is to frown on bringing Christianity into the classroom, younger generations will lose the beauty of the English language. Already they cannot understand Shakespeare and Chaucer and so much of the richness of the culture which was enjoyed by previous generations is passing them by.
2007-03-19 02:59:43 · answer #1 · answered by Doethineb 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
tough to pinpoint the language. It has made a huge impact on our legal structure especially the constitution. The Mayflower compact, etc.
You might reask in terms of what is the effect of Christianity, Judaism, Native american faiths etc. and others on our language.
2007-03-19 03:02:40 · answer #2 · answered by Dale B 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i believe it effected because of what people believe and how they talk i mean from what i monitored the optimistic people believed in god and the pessimistic people were atheist now I'm not saying it couldn't be different or follow these as rules but its what Ive seen so it gives the language a form of how we use English to talk about a topic or anything and our thoughts on it
2007-03-19 03:00:34 · answer #3 · answered by Britanie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well...think some of the common phrase we use in this counrty: "Oh my god." We say "God bless you" when someone sneezes. Even our money has the phrase "In God we trust."
2007-03-19 03:02:05 · answer #4 · answered by katy_zpb 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋