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History of English

By Ksenia Yanchenko
  • 1060

    MIDDLE ENGLISH

    MIDDLE ENGLISH
    Middle English ME forms the English spoken after the Norman Conquest (1066) until the late 15th century. for it underwent various variations and developments after the Old English period.
  • 1200

    Relevant data 134 years later.

    Relevant data 134 years later.
    Middle English is often arbitrarily defined as beginning with the conquest of England by William the Conqueror in 1066, but developed further in the period from 1200 to 1450.
    First, waves of Norse colonization of the northern parts of the British Isles in the 8th and 9th centuries brought Old English into intense contact with Old Norse, a North Germanic language. The Norse influence was strongest in the northeastern varieties of Old English spoken in the Danelaw area around York.
  • 1470

    Important Change in Writing.

    Important Change in Writing.
    The more standardized Old English language became fragmented, localized, and for the most part improvised. At the end of the period (around 1470) and with the help of the invention of the printing press by Johannes Gutenbergen in 1439, a standard based on the London dialect was established this largely formed the basis of modern English spelling, although the pronunciation has changed considerably since then.
  • 1485

    Early Modern English

    Early Modern English
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQG56Ah11o4
    Early Modern English or Early New English EME is the stage of the English language from the beginning of the Tudor period to the Interregnum and the Restoration in English, or from the transition from Middle English, in from the late 15th century, to the transition to Modern English, mid to late 17th century.

  • A great influence in 1603

    A great influence in 1603
    Before and after the accession of James I to the English throne in 1603, the emerging standard of English began to influence the spoken and written medium of Scotland.
    (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WX7J4ZsMRZE)

  • Influential Governments

    Influential Governments
    The English Civil War (1642-1651) was a series of civil wars and political machinations between parliamentarians mainly on the form of government of England and part of the broader wars of the Three Kingdoms. The war ended in parliamentary victory at the Battle of Worcester on September 3, 1651.
    This also influenced the way of deciding the future of language as governments influence too.

  • Features that changed.

    Features that changed.
    Modern English ME as opposed to Middle English and Old English is the form of the English language that has been spoken since the Great Vocal Change in England, which began in the late 14th century and was completed in approximately 1550.
    Modern English has many dialects that are spoken in many countries around the world, sometimes collectively referred to as the Anglosphere.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5iLpKFA1ADQ

  • Until the present.

    Until the present.
    Outline of changes
    Morphology Pronouns Verbs Phonology and Syntax also Alphabet
    Consequently, Modern English came to use a purely Latin alphabet of 26 letters.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEaSxhcns7Y