Global English

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  • 500

    The Anglo-Saxon Invasion - 5th century

    British isle were invaded by Angles, Saxons and Jutes.
  • 800

    Replacement from runes to roman letters

  • 1066

    Latin and Norse influence on the English language - 787-1066

    Were two of the major influences on English. Latin from the Christian missionearies and scholars, and Norse from the danish Vikings
  • 1066

    Vocabulary - 1066

    90 percent of the words were of Old English origin
  • 1384

    Translation of the bible - 1384

  • 1470

    England became familiar to the modern eye - 1470

    England was trilingual: Latin, french and English
  • 1476

    William Caxton's first printing press - 1476

    Scientific discoveries were made, and larger parts of the world was explored by the English
  • 1564

    Shakespeare - 1564 to 1616

    Shakespeare influenced the language. A close loook at Shakespeares language will give us a fairly good idea of what modern english was like.

  • King James Bible - 1611

    Introduced a large number of words idiomatic phrases

  • First proper dictionary - 1755

    Made by Samuel Johnson

  • "A Short introdution to English Grammar" - 1762

  • "pronouncing dictionary" - 1774

    John Walker

  • Modern English - 19th and 20th century

    Technological, scientific and economic development.

  • First american dictionary - 1806

    Noah Webster

  • 95% of the Science Citation Index articles were written in English - 1997