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410
Romans
Romans left Britain -
450
Anglosaxons
Anglos and Saxons arrived and they started to use the anglosaxon language that was more much useful. -
Period: 597 to 800
Christians
Christian mission came into the Island and restaured the latin. -
800
Vikings
Vikings came into Britain and brought words like give and take. -
1066
Nornan Conquest
William the Conqueror invaded Britain and brought french. but latin still in churches -
Period: 1564 to
Shakespeare
He introduced more than 2000 words and phrases (1564-1616) -
Period: to
English Empire
England had too many territories and a lot of things should be named so a lot of words were incorporated to the language. -
Period: to
American English
As English people landed on America they needed to name things, cause almost all things they saw were new for them. -
King James Bible
King James made possible to translate the Bible so everybody would be able to read it. As an example: A bird in the hand is worth than two in a bush. -
Period: to
English of science
England was full of scientists like HOOKE, BOYLE and NEWTON. Royal Society spoke latin at first but later they stared to speak in English. -
Period: to
Age of Dictionary
Lexicographers time. Like Dr. Johnson that contributed to a more than 42,000 word dictionary of the English language. then Oxford University came up with a 70 years work. -
Period: to
Language of Capitalism
New words arose into the Americans' vocabulary as the capitalism started to take over the economy. -
Internet English
The first e-mail was sent and with it a new vocabulary came out as technology developed itself. -
Global English
Almost 1.5 billion people speak English and about 1/4 are native speakers and the rest EFL