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2) Grammar. During the historical development of the EL some
grammatical forms appeared, others became obsolete and

disappeared. Every language has an organized structure of
grammar. Any changes meet all these requirements and correlate

with the norms of the language. Some changes meet exceptions:
a book – books, but a woman – women. The lady doth (a

singular form of the present tense of do) protest too much.

Grammar changes very slowly because grammar structure
provides frames and patterns for other systems of the language.

3) Word stock. It’s a part of the language that changes more

rapidly. In the process of the English development a lot of words
of French origin appeared in the EL. The fact that words of the

French origin occur very often in the English word stock proves
that the process of borrowings is a characteristic feature in a

language. Changes in the vocabulary can be observed during the
lifetime of one generation: borrowing of a coined word can

appear as the result of achievements in technological,

economical, computer spheres of life.
It is necessary to state that changes in the word stock are

also caused by changes in the linguistic groups to which a
language belongs. But all alterations in the word stock do not

break up the language system, they support it and show how it
works.

Conclusion: A language is non-static. Changes are taking

place at all levels of the language. The nature of linguistic
changes is mainly determined by its characteristics and its

functions in the society (communicative, expressive, etc.).

2. Methods of studying the HEL

Any language can be investigated with the help of two
main scientific approaches: 1) synchronic; 2) diachronic.

According to the synchronic approach, all linguistic factors of
modern English are analyzed. According to the diachronic

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