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450
Anglo Saxon
Anglo-Saxon texts survive from this era, including many beautiful poems, telling tales of wild battles and heroic journeys. The oldest surviving text of Old English literature is “Cædmon's Hymn”, which was composed between 658 and 680, and the longest was the ongoing “Anglo-Saxon Chronicle”. But by far the best known is the long epic poem “Beowulf”. -
450
Anglo Saxon
The English language begins with the frase "Up yours, Caesar", when the Romans leave Britain, a lot of Germanic tribes like the Anglos and the Saxons start following them. The Anglo-Saxon vocab was much more useful, as it was mainly words for simple everyday things,like 'house' 'woman' 'loaf' and 'werewolf'. -
450
Anglo Saxon
The English language begins with the frase "Up yours, Caesar", when the Romans leave Britain, a lot of Germanic tribes like the Anglos and the Saxons start following them, The Anglo-Saxon vocab was much more useful, as it was mainly words for simple everyday things,like 'house' 'woman' 'loaf' and 'werewolf'. -
1066
The Norman Conquest
The event that began the transition from Old English to Middle English was the Norman Conquest of 1066, when William the Conqueror (Duke of Normandy and, later, William I of England) invaded the island of Britain from his home base in northern France, and settled in his new acquisition along with his nobles and court. William crushed the opposition with a brutal hand and deprived the Anglo-Saxon earls of their property, distributing it to Normans (and some English) who supported him. -
1066
The Norman Conquest
William the Conquer invades England, bringing new concepts like the French language. French was used for all official business bringing words like evidence and justice. -
1066
The Norman Conquest
William the Conquer invades England, bringing new concepts like the French language. -
Period: 1502 to
American English
When the british got to America they need to name everything, they gave new names to all the things they didn't now, they even absorb words from the american indians. -
King James Bible
The “King James Bible” was compiled by a committee of 54 scholars and clerics, and published in 1611, in an attempt to standardize the plethora of new Bibles that had sprung up over the preceding 70 years. -
King James Bible
A team of scribes, translated the bible and made it accesible for all -
King James Bible
A team scribes transalted the bible making it more accesible for all. -
The English of Science
Britain was full of physicists, The Royal Society was formed, at first they worked in latin, then they realize that they all spoke english and they could transform our understanding of the universe much quicker by speaking their own language. Science was advancing much quicker so they had to invent words like acid, gravity, electricity, pendulum, cardiac, tonsil, among others. -
The English of Science
Scientist were obliged to create new terms that were related with new discoveries, they create words like cardiac and tonsils. -
The English of Science
Scientist were obliged to create new terms that were related with new discoveries, they create words like cardiac and tonsils. -
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The Age of Dictionary
A group of people wraith a dictionary, to stop people from making up new words. -
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English and Empire
English has taken a lot of words around the globe,this is because british empire conquer several countries and they took english with them. -
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Internet English
The arrival of internet, alsou came with a lot of new words, because the people started making shorter sentences. -
Global English
Right now about 1.5 billion people speak english.
It is one of the most important languages