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Roman invasion of Britain by Julius Caesar
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Roman invasuion and occupation. Beiginning of Roman rule of Britan
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Started with the arrival of three Germanic tribes who invaded Britain during 5th century AD These tribes are Angles, saxons and Jutes, They crossed the north sea from what today is Denmark and northern Germany The inhabitants of Britain spoke a Celtic language. The Angles come from England and Theri language was called "Englisc" from which the words "England" an "English are derived.
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Roman whithdrawal from Britain complete.
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Settlement of Britain by Germanic invaders beigins
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Earliest Known Old English inscriptions 450-480
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The invading Germanic tribes spoke similar languages which Britain developed into what we now call Old English Native English speakers now would have great difficulty undestanding Old English
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Willian the Conquetor, Duke of Normandy invades and conquers England
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Old English was spoken until around 1100
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The new conquerors called the Normands, the normands brought with then a kind of french. which became the language of the Royal Curt and ruling and bussiness classes. For a period there was a kind of linguistic class division
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Earliest surviving manuscripst in Middle English
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English became dominant in Britain again, but with many French words added
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Chaucer starts writing "The Canterbury Tales"
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English replaces Latin as a language of instruction in most schools
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English repleaces French as the language of law.
English is used in Parlament for the first time -
towards the end of Middle English , a sudden and distinct change in pronuntiation started.
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William Caxton establishes the first English printing press
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Early Modern English
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The British had contact with many people from around the world
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the Renaissance of Clasical learning, mant that many new words and phases entered the language. the invention of printing also meant that there was now common language in print.
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Table Alfabethicall, the fist English dictionary is published
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the first permanent English settlement in the New world "Jamestown" is establishes
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The books became cheaper
More people learned to read
The standardization to english was bought by printing
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The first dayly English-languaje newspaper, The Dayly Courant, is published in London
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Publishes his English dictionary
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Writes the American Declaration of Independence
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Britan abandons its colonies in what is later to become the USA
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The difference between Eartly and Late Modern English is the vocabulary
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The Pricipal Factors:
The industrial revolution and technology created and needed new words
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The Oxford English Dictionary is published
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American English by the English Colonization.
English of Shakespeare than modern English
americanisms are in fact original British expressions that were preserved in colonies while lost for a time in Britain.
Spanish also had and influence on American English.
French words (thought Loussiana)
African words (thought slaves trade) Australian English, New Zealand English, Canadian English, South Africa English, Indian English, and Caribbean English.