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43
Roman Invasion of Britain
Latin language is brought by Romans -
410
Romans Leave England
End of Roman rule in Britain -
450
Germanic migration
Anglos, Saxons and Jutes. They Bring their dialects
Anglo-Saxons. -
597
Christianity time
Christian missionaries bring Latin and Greek vocabulary. -
793
Viking Invasion
Old Norse Vocabulary was taken. -
1066
Norman Conquest by William the Conqueror
Norman French was entered in the old English language. -
1337
The hundred Years War Started
English vs French -
1387
The Canterbury Tales.
Geoffrey Chaucer.
Middle English. A step before Early Modern English. -
1453
The hundred Years War finishes
English becomes an important language. -
Shakespearean English.
William Shakespeare created about 2000 new word and expressions. -
King James Bible
It Gives to the English language a metaphorical sense. -
The Royal Society
Robert Hooke, Robert Boyle and Isaac Newton.
Science vocabulary. -
Period: to
American English
English language increased borrowing new words from differents cultures and also because the capitalism. -
The Age of Dictionaries.
Samuel Johnson published his famous dictionary in 1755. -
Internet English
English language vocabulary gets a new sense and new forms.
