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Britain spoke a celtic language
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The Saxon, Jute and Angles invaded England and forced the English to the west. We then got Anglo-saxon English
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William the Conquerer invaded he and the upper classes and aristocracy spoke French and the lower class citizens spoke old English creating a divide
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THe battle of Hastings occured.
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In 1300 the English Monarch made English the prominent language and borrowed certain words from the french language, such as naive.
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Prominent English poet known as the father of the English language. Was really influential in the dominence of modern english.
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William Caxton brings the print press to Britain and has to decide on which type of English to use. He eventually settles on the area around where the Monarch was settled.
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With the British empire being so extensive, new words are constantly being bought back over to England from foreign countries
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King James decided the bible should not be read in Latin anymore and should be read in English. Religion had a major effect on language at the time.
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The black death pandemic reaches its peak in europe and greatly effects scoiety and the language used
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Shakespears play and sonnets bring promincence to the English Language as he is constantly inventing new words such as bubble.
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The Great Vowel Shift effects how the words of the English Language are pronounced. Vowel are pronounced in a longer tone
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Dr Samuel Johnson writes what is considered to be the first wide spread dictionary with the grammarian rules. This set in stone exactly how things should be written and pronounced in England
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Introduction of new technology means that new words have to be coined and words are added to categories such as food, Psychology and leisure
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With the advances in technology new words have had to be coined in modern English