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Period: 450 to 1100
Old English
a highly inflected language with a largely Germanic vocabulary -
800
Beowulf Poem
The poem tells the story of Beowulf, nephew of Hygelac, king of the Geats, a people in southeastern Sweden. This poem is written in Old English -
800
The Anglo-Saxon World: An Anthology
introduces the Anglo-Saxons through their chronicles, laws, letters, charters, and poetry. Written in Old English. -
Period: 1100 to 1500
Middle English
The Normans conquered England and brought a kind of French with them. -
1400
Chaucer
The best known writer of Middle English, Geoffrey Chaucer, wrote in the second half of the 14th century -
1400
Chaucer Pt.2
One of the reasons Chaucer is so important is that he made the decision to write in English and not French. -
Period: 1500 to
Early Modern English
A chage in pronunciation started the shift from Middle English to Early Modern English. -
Romeo and Juliet
The novel Romeo and Juliet written by Shakespeare was published in 1595, and written in what is considered Early Modern English -
A Lover's Complaint
A narritive poem written by WIlliam Shakespreare, Shakespeare wrote in Early Modern English -
Period: to
Late Modern English
The main diffrence between Early Modern English and Late Modern english is vocabulary. -
Slang in Music
When slang in music was created poeple began to see how one word had different meanings. -
American English
Today American English is influened by Tv, Music, Trade, and Technology.
