Throughout the years, there have been several events and people who have impacted the development of the English language. One major event that impacted the English language was the migration of early English settlers to America. Instead of one single person making a huge impact it was a colony. The scholar Leonard Adolf gives a detailed report of the Pilgrims and their interactions as they came to America in his article “Squanto's Role In Pilgrim Diplomacy”. The outcome of Pilgrims coming to America was that the people and things they encountered affected the English language.
In the 17th century the English language developed and changed as a result of “coming to America”. The Pilgrim Fathers landed in November 1620 at Plymouth Rock in New England (Bragg 145). The people on the Mayflower were religious separatists with a powerful supporting belief in the word of God. The Pilgrim Fathers had “bound themselves by an oath, the …show more content…
Their own language had saved them” (Bragg 406). Also, Bill Bryson, author of Made in America and Mother Tongue, describes the importance of Squanto by saying “[Squanto] taught them not only which things would grow but also how to fertilise corn seed by adding little pieces of fish” and continued describing how Squanto “taught them how to eat all kinds of things from the sea” (Bragg 148). Leonard Adolf points Squanto’s involvement in his article “Squanto's Role In Pilgrim Diplomacy,” “Squanto’s contributions in teaching the colonists to plant corn, to catch fish, and to obtain furs were important to the survival and prosperity of early Plymouth Colony” (247). Squanto’s assistance and knowledge of the English language helped the pilgrims be able to survive on their own in an English-speaking
In the 17th century the English language developed and changed as a result of “coming to America”. The Pilgrim Fathers landed in November 1620 at Plymouth Rock in New England (Bragg 145). The people on the Mayflower were religious separatists with a powerful supporting belief in the word of God. The Pilgrim Fathers had “bound themselves by an oath, the …show more content…
Their own language had saved them” (Bragg 406). Also, Bill Bryson, author of Made in America and Mother Tongue, describes the importance of Squanto by saying “[Squanto] taught them not only which things would grow but also how to fertilise corn seed by adding little pieces of fish” and continued describing how Squanto “taught them how to eat all kinds of things from the sea” (Bragg 148). Leonard Adolf points Squanto’s involvement in his article “Squanto's Role In Pilgrim Diplomacy,” “Squanto’s contributions in teaching the colonists to plant corn, to catch fish, and to obtain furs were important to the survival and prosperity of early Plymouth Colony” (247). Squanto’s assistance and knowledge of the English language helped the pilgrims be able to survive on their own in an English-speaking