Evolution

ENGLISH LANGUAGE EVOLUTION

  • ANGLO SAXON PERIOD  ( 450-1100 )
    450 BCE

    ANGLO SAXON PERIOD ( 450-1100 )

    *The use of the term "Anglo-Saxon"
    *The First Page the Manuscript of Beowulf
    *The literary work most famous that period that its the fragmet of epic Beowulf poem.
    *Changes Old English between Modern English
    *Changes in differentes aspects
    *Examples of words : be, strong and water
    *Influenced by North Germanic, the Scandinavian or Old Norse.
  • MIDDLE ENGLISH (1100-1500)
    1100

    MIDDLE ENGLISH (1100-1500)

    *The Norman conquest
    *The Influenced by Anglo-Norman and then Anglo-French
  • MODERN ENGLISH ( 1500 - 1800 )
    1500

    MODERN ENGLISH ( 1500 - 1800 )

    *The vocal evolution of English (Great Vowel Shift) in 15th
    *William Shakespeare (mid-16th century)
    * The adopt foreign words
  • SHAKESPEARE
    1550

    SHAKESPEARE

    *The first English dictionary
    *The main difference between early modern English
    Shakespeare
    *Someone of his works

    * The Biografy Shakespeare