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May 4, 1066
Current English words related to forms of government
In 1066, the Normans were led by William the Conqueror colonize the islands. The Frenchman goes on to become the dominant language at the expense of other dialects. It is in the fourteenth century when the real power is consolidated and fixed London as the capital of the state. Many of the current English words related to forms of government (court, Government ...) or cooking (braise, mutton ...) come from the French. -
Nov 14, 1099
Birth of Middle English
In 1099, began appearing with the conquest of Normandy by the English. -
Jun 4, 1200
singular noun endings
In 1200, the three or four singular noun endings were reduced to two, the indication was plural ending-is. Of the four declensions of the name is deleted five final-n casos.Todas final vowels are neutralized in-e. The masculine plural nominative and accusative are done in-as, which is then converted to-be. The only old plural form that survives in the modern language is the word that makes oxen ox. -
Period: May 4, 1500 to
Modern English medium
The transition from Middle English to modern is marked by rigorous phonetic evolution in the pronunciation of the vowels. The Danish linguist Otto Jespersen has called the great vowel shift; was to alter the articulation of vowels in relation to the positions of the lips and tongue, which usually amounted to a degree. -
May 6, 1500
Progress of the English Middle
Acquire real prestige tongue of the Angles, in whose cities arise universities and developed a thriving economic and courtesan. Is the area known for Midland, whose center is London, his influence extends south of the Thames in Kent and Surrey. Use is enshrined in the works of Geoffrey Chaucer, John Gower and John Lydgate, and typographic work in this language made the printer William Caxton. -
First English Dictionary
He published the first dictionary in English (Table Alphabeticall). -
Modern Adaptation of Words
The English continued to adopt foreign words, especially from Latin and Greek since the Renaissance (the Latin words were often used Original decline but the practice eventually disappeared). -
Pimer Diccionario en el Inglés Moderno
Samuel Johnson publicó el primer diccionario de inglés (A Dictionary of the English Language). La principal diferencia entre el inglés moderno temprano y el inglés moderno tardío es de vocabulario. El inglés moderno tardío tiene más palabras surgidas de dos factores: la Revolución Industrial y la tecnología y el Imperio Británico, que cubriría una cuarta parte del mundo con lo cual el inglés adoptará muchas palabras de muchos países. -
Latin to English Translation of the Works of San Agustin
In the ninth century, the West Saxon was the language most widely used in written prose, thanks to King Alfred the Great, the first legislator in England. Were translated from the Latin the works of Augustine, Gregory and Bede. However, the dialect of the Angles was the language in which they wrote the epic poem Beowulf and elegiac poetry that had some interest. -
Words related to the sea and sailing by the Vikings.
In the 8 century, following the Viking invasions was influenced language Old Norse. This fact should be a series of words related to the sea and navigation, and other relating to the social organization, such as law, take, cut, Both ('law', 'take', 'cut', 'both') and are, conjugated form of the verb to be. -
Period: to Jul 4, 1100
Old English Language
Original was then influenced by two waves invasive: the first was of speakers of the Scandinavian branch of the Germanic languages, who conquered and colonized parts of Britain in the eighth and ninth centuries, the second was the Normans in the eleventh century, who spoke old Norman and developed a variety of English known as anglonormado. These two invasions caused English to be mixed to some extent.
