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The Germanic (Jutes, Angles and Saxons) and Scandinavian (Vikings) tribes invaded the British Zla ca. Its expansion developed a dialect: the Western Sabbath, which in the end was the official language of Great Britain. The sentence structure was not fixed: The order was: Subject + Object disk. + Verb. - No explicit Subject is required. -
Gillermo I, Duke of Normandy, conquers England. In his reign the Norman dialect was adopted, later transformed into Anglo-Norman (cult). English remained in the common people (vulgar). The structure of the sentence follows a very slow evolution towards the order: Subject + Verb + Direct Object. -Mandatory use of pronouns to make the subject explicit. -
Guillermo I He loses his title as king. The Renaissance initiates economic, political, social and cultural development. English is more associated with the literary language of Shakespeare (cult). The structure of the sentence is defined in its. order:
Subject + Verb + Complement (Obj. dir.) - Conjugations without auxiliary verbs:
I become not. - Suffixes are added:
Thou takest (you take)
He taketh (he takes) -
With the rise of the Industrial Revolution and the British Empire the lexicon is enriched (adoption of foreign words). There is a greater interest in a prestigious English. The sentence structure has completed its construction: ¿? = Aux. + S. + V. + C. - Mandatory use of auxiliary verbs. - The suffix - S - is added to the verb conjugated in 3 person. singular in present tense. -
At this time, a certain discontent with society was expressed, at this time a broader taste for nature and the human condition developed, I generated creativity and experience in the artists. -
This event arises between Victoria's death and the outbreak of the First World War. Novelists like Joseph Conrad, Ford Madox Ford. Notable poets such as Alfred Noyes and William Butler Yeats -
The advancement of technology and communication opens doors to English for the whole world. New terms are introduced such as blog, chat, smart phone, facebook, tablet, etc. With the use of new technologies and with the economy of time, there is a great tendency to abbreviate messages avoiding grammar. However, they are still kept in the formal language (academic, official and administrative).