HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

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  • 523 BCE

    THE ANGLO- SAXON INVASION

    THE ANGLO- SAXON INVASION
    There were a lot of invasions in Britain.The Angles were a German tribe .They were the Saxons and the Jutes. These groups found a people called the Celts, who had lived in Britain for many thousands of years.Through the years, the Saxons, Angles and Jutes mixed their different languages. The result is what is called Anglo-Saxon or Old English.Old English is extremely difficult to understand.Several written works have survived from the Old English period.He most famous is called “Beowulf”.
  • Jan 1, 923

    THE VIKINGS IN BRITAIN

  • THE INFLUENCE OF THE PRINTING PRESS AND W.SHAKESPEARE

    THE INFLUENCE OF THE PRINTING PRESS AND W.SHAKESPEARE
    William Caxton returned to Britain in the year 476.He had been in Holand and other areas.He returned to Britain with the printing press. The printing press made it possible for almost anyone to buy a book. It helped spread language and English more. Slowly, during the fifteen hundreds, English became the raide language we would recognize.
    It was during this time period that the raider writer in English produced his work. His name was William Shakespeare

  • THE BRITISH AMERICAN NATIVE

    THE BRITISH AMERICAN NATIVE
    Three small British ships crossed the Atlantic Ocean in 1607
    Later the southern American state of Virginia.Later become the southern American state of Virginia.Example, many of the great rivers in the United States are taken from American Indian words. Shoes made of animal skin that Indians wore on their feet.These colonies are now independent, butEnglish still is one of the languages spoken.Example, the word "shampoo" for soap for the hair came fromIndia."Banana" is believed to be from Africa.