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Period: 55 BCE to 450
Before the English Language
Celtic Tribes in Britain - only real connection was lexis; mostly place names -
Period: 55 BCE to 55 BCE
Roman Invasion
Romans invade Britain - this is the first introduction to Latin which left its mark on the English Language -
Period: 450 to 1065
Origins of English
Anglos and Saxons arrive from Germany
Old English is spoken
Written language comes from Latin speaking monks
half of common vocab terms come from old English -
Period: 500 to 1100
Old English
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700
Beowulf Written
The poem was the highest literature achievement of Old English -
1066
Norman Invasion
The Normans invaded and brought with them Latin along with Medieval French -
Period: 1100 to 1500
Middle English
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Period: 1343 to 1400
Chaucer Canterbury Tales
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Period: 1400 to
Great Vowel Shift
The Great vowel shift of this period changes the way long vowels are pronounced. This brings about a shift from West Germanic based Old English to Middle English. -
1476
Invention of the Printing Press
The invention of the printing press meant that printed matter was more widely available so therefore English Language began to be more standardized. -
Period: 1500 to
Early Modern English
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1539
Printing of the Great Bible
The printing of the Bible during the year brought about an even greater standardization of English and the font changed as well. -
1549
First book of Common Prayer
This brought the English Language into people homes and for the first time English was the common language in peoples homes. -
Period: 1564 to
Shakepeare
During this time, he writes many plays including Macbeth which most can read and understand as it was very close to Modern English -
King James Bible
This was the first book to be widely read by the general population. This standardized English even further. -
Newspaper
Publication of the first English Language Newspaper was the first to use a common High Frequency Lexis that all of the literate population could understand and read. -
1st English Dictionary
Dictionary of English language published - by Samuel Johnston. It brings about rules to the English language, leading to standardization. -
Britain takes control of Canada
Britain takes control of Canada from the French. From this the French bring an increasing amount of French lexis into the English language -
Britain abandons America!!
Britain abandons its American colonies. This leads to producing an English-speaking nation. -
American Spelling
American spelling book published - by Noel Webster. Caused a further deviation from conventional English. -
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Modern English
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More American English
American dictionary of English language published - by Noel Webster. Produces an even further deviation from conventional English. -
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Telegrams
Telegrams were sent using morse code to quickly transfer messages from place to place - they were invented by Samuel Morse -
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Telegrams
Telegrams were sent during this period as a faster method of communication than handwriting letters. During this time people often shortened messages as commercially they had to pay by the word - this led to massive language changes during this period. -
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Oxford English Dictionary
The Oxford English Dictionary was originally published in fascicles between 1884 and 1928. A one-volume supplement was published in 1933, and four further supplementary volumes were published between 1972 and 1986. -
Titanic Sinks
Titanic sent SOS telegrams as - this was the 1 of the first times this was used before it was CQD. -
The BBC
British broadcasting Cooperation founded - led to people paying attention to the English language being broadcasted globally. Later this became known as BBC English, also known as the Queens English. -
2nd Edition Oxford Dictionary
The second edition of the English Oxford Dictionary was published. This included more words, therefore expanding the vocab of the English language. -
INTERNET!
1990's is considered the official birthday of the Internet. Prior to this, the various computer networks did not have a standard way to communicate with each other. A new communications protocol was established called Transfer Control Protocol/Internetwork Protocol (TCP/IP). This means newer words and symbols in the English Language and broadening the language used. Standardisation was made more popular as it was easier to understand when using the computer. -
Google is here!
Google was founded on September 4, 1998, by Larry Page and Sergey Brin while they were PhD students at Stanford University in California. Page rank algorithm was used with the English Language to make the most efficient used of the internet, including language with both computer coding and maths skills. -
Twitter
Twitter was founded. This also had a big impact on the English Language and shorthand in an online sense became a lot more common. -
Txt
The use of text become more prevalent and phone calls declined, as people realised the ease of typing out a quick, short message that could be replied to whenever the person was available, instead of waiting for them to be near a phone. Written language changed once again to increase the ease of use, with abbreviation coming in like LOL, WYD, DIY etc -
Alexia
Alexa was introduced. This meant that computers were now able to recognize human speech and convert it to text, another development of language and the changing of shortened words and terms.