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Period: 400 to May 20, 1000
Old English Birth to Death
The Old English form of laguage has begun in the 5th centurary with the Anglo Saxons and was forever transformed by the Normans. -
Period: 400 to May 20, 1400
Middle Ages
The time of darkness for the development of man. -
450
Roman's Mark On English
The Romans have introduced the latin orgins of our Modern English.
-the picture in the top left is the Roman coat of arms is a representation of what you stand for -
500
Celtic
(Acutal Date is 500 B.C.E.
Our modern day English was first shaped by the celts. Although they where first in the British Isels they have very few remaing English words that are Celtic. This is before Old English exsistedh- The Picture in the top left is a Celtic Cross
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Period: May 20, 1000 to May 20, 1400
Middle English Period
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May 20, 1066
English Transformed By Normans
The Normans transform England, both culturally and linguistically. In a span of 300 years or more French has been the mainstream for language of the most powerful people in the time. Latin was spoken by the church and only the most common people verbalized in the English language. -
Period: May 20, 1100 to
Renaissance
The period where darkness of the middle ages are lifted and replaced by flourishment of culture and advancemetns in knowledge. -
Period: May 20, 1337 to May 20, 1453
Hundred Years' War
The great war fought between France and England. -
May 20, 1375
Hundred Years' War
During this time the English regarded French as the antagonist's language. Therefore popularizing English in their land. -
May 20, 1476
Renaissance
In 1476, Caxton introduces the printing press to England. He prints all kinds of texts: mythic tales, popular stories, poems, phrasebooks, devotional pieces & grammars. In the following 150 years around 20,000 books are printed. Books become cheaper and are therefore increasingly popular. Printers have to make a choice about which words, grammar and spellings to use. The choices they make help to set and spread a standard language.
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The 1700s'
An age of dictionaries, grammars and rules and regulations
Modern English is establish, words equivalent to the number of stars occupy the dictionary. English language has been used to give meaning to unfathomable amounts of things from medical terms to scientific speices names English has established a elaborate word system. -
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Modern English
Modern English, an age of dictionaries, grammars and rules and regulations. During this period Englsih has turn into a universe full of words as abundant as the stars.-Human knowledge continues to stretch into new areas, with discoveries in the fields of medicine, astrology, botany & engineering. Many scholars believe that the English language is chaotic, and in desperate need of some firm rules. Books teaching 'correct' grammar, pronunciation & spelling are increasingly popular.-Samuel Jhonson -
Industrial America
1760-1800s' America speicfically U.S.A. has established factories, expanding cities, new inovations in all fields, new contraptions fit to make work effortless as possible and dream to do the impossible, all the new beginnings in America hast to have new words to accomodate them
-The picture is James Watt he was one of the best inventors of the time. -
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English Language Evolution
The development of the english language from 500B.C.E-Present Day
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Modern Day
A century of world wars, technological transformation, and globalisation. An ever growing vocabulary English continues to give definition to many miscellaneous ideas and exsisting genrealizations. From naming species to creating a new slang to naming an act of doing, the language continues to grow, expanding to incorporate new slangs, technologies, discoveries, foods and gadgets. -
Anglo Saxons
The Anglo Saxons developed much of what is old English.
Old English is already established
-Standard Saxon Helmet -
Missionaries of St. Augustine
The missionaries of Augustine converted the Saxons from their former belif to that of what is Chrisitian. Which also introduced a wide variety if new Latin words. Allowing Latin to contiously shape Old English -
The Mighty Vikings
For fourty decades the Vikings control most of Eastern England. They remain in power in the North East until the late 900s and was expelled by King Alfred The Great, The wikings left a imprint on the english dictionary.
