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Old English (450-1100 A.D)
The invading German tribes spoke similar languages, in which Britain made into what we now call Old English. Old English did not sound or look like English today. Even natives would have a hard time understanding it.. -
Middle English (1100 - 1500
English becomes the language of the lower classes (peasants and slaves). For all practical purposes English is no longer a written language. Due to it becoming a slave speaking language. -
Early modern English (1500-1800)
Shakespeare was around the early modern english period, writing many successful plays and poems! Towards the end of Middle English, a sudden and distinct change in pronunciation (the Great Vowel Shift) started, with vowels being pronounced shorter and shorter. Shakespeare 1564-1616 -
The beginning (5th Century A.D)
English was created around 5th century A.D, with the arrival of three germanic tribes who invaded Britain. These tribes, the Angles, the Saxons and the Jutes, crossed the North Sea from what today is Denmark and northern Germany The Angles came from Englaland and their language was called Englisc - from which the words England and English are derived. -
Late modern english (1800)
The difference between Early Modern English and Late Modern English is vocabulary. Late Modern English has many more words, arising from two principal factors: firstly, the Industrial Revolution and technology created a need for new words; secondly, the British Empire at its height covered one quarter of the earth's surface, and the English language started using foreign words from other countries. -
Colonization and globalization in the english language
During the medieval and early modern periods the influence of English spread throughout the British Isles, and from the early seventeenth century onwards its influence began to be felt throughout the world. -
Modern day english (Present)
We have been through many writing legends, through many historical events (i,e, the writing of the declaration of independence) many poets, and just plain beautiful art. They the pen is more powerful then the sword and I understand it now, a pen can change a whole generation while a sword can stab someone. -
Writers who changed the World
In no specific order.
*Shakespeare
*Anne Frank
*Fredrick Douglas
*Thomas Jefferson
*Rachel Carson
and many many more!
