1.2 Activity. History of English_produced by Leslie Valencia Lara for UNIVES
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Anglo-Saxon settlement in Great Britain is the process that change the language and culture in most of Englan, so they incorporated new words that would give rise to Old English.
Centuries V-VI -
They corporate the French language whit words like: judge, jury, evidence and justice.
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He invented about 200 new words in English. He is considered the most important writer in the English language and one of the most famous in world literature.
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It is an English translation of the Bible. It was first published in 1611 and has had an enormous impact on subsequent English translations of the biblical text and on English literature in general.
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English had an impact on science as it was easier to communicate discoveries in the English language and not in Latin,
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The British Empire comprised the domains, colonies, protectorates and other territories governed or administered by the United Kingdom between the 16th and 20th centuries, until 1997. They adopted the words of the colonized peoples.
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Dr. Johnson decided to rethink all literature and the English language for himself, offering guides and reading routes. He did everything without relying on any institution and at the exclusive service of literature in English.
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When the English arrive in America they need new words to name everything new they see, so they incorporate them into the language.
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The first mail is sent in English.
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It is the most widely spoken language in the world.
It is the language of international business.
It is related to many other languages.
It sounds different depending on what part of the world it is spoken in.
It's really flexible, it keeps changing.
