Ahistoryofenglishliterature

HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE wilder A Garcia Vargas

  • 410

    410 AD Anglo-Saxon

    410 AD Anglo-Saxon
    English language start with the phrase " up yours Caesar" as the Roman leave Britain, and a lot of Germanic tribes start flooding in.
  • 410

    Anglo- Saxon Vocab

    Anglo- Saxon Vocab
    this vocab was so much useful and they start with simple words like "House" "Woman" "loaf" and four of our days of the week were named in honor of Anglo Saxon Gods.
  • 1066

    The norman Conquest

    The norman Conquest
    William de conqueror invades England bringing new concepts from across the channel like the French language.
  • 1290

    1290

    1290
    French was the rigeur for all official business with. show up new words like "judge" "jury" "evidence" 'justice".
  • 1400

    New English Words

    New English Words
    words like cow, sheep, swine come from the English speaking farmers. while "beef " "mutton" and pork come from the French speaking toffs.
  • 1400

    TOFFS

    TOFFS
    a rich or upper-class person.
  • 1453

    1453

    1453
    English took over as the language of power.
  • 1564

    shakespeare

    shakespeare
    About 2000 new words and phrases were invented by William ex "eyeball" "puppydog" and "anchovy".
  • English and Empire

    English and Empire
    Britain decided to take English on tour.
    they went to the Caribbean looking for gold, and discover different words from different countries like Canoe" " Barbeque" "voodoo" "zombie" "nugget" etc.
  • New traslation of bible

    New traslation of bible
    This fact gave us a whole glossary of metaphor and morality ,that still shapes the way english is spoken today.
  • The English of science

    The English of science
    the royal society.
    at the first they woked in Latin was Newton's story about the "ponum" falling to the "terra" from the "arbor" for the umpteenth time.
    they introduce words like "acid" "gravity" "electricity" "pendulum" "vagina" "penis" "clitories" .
  • American English

    American English
    From the moment Brits landed in America they needed names for all the plants and animals, so they used words like "Raccoon" " squash" and "moose" from the natives Americans.
  • The age of the dictionay "lexicographies"

    The age of the dictionay "lexicographies"
    The dictionary of the English language was invented by Dr Johnson.
  • A new english Dictionary

    A new english Dictionary
    The oxford English dictionary was invented.
  • Internet English

    Internet English
    internet change the way people speak, for instance they use a picture of cat instead type it.
  • Global English

    Global English
    English has shown an unique ability to absorb, evolve, invade others countries with the languages so that's the reason because English is growing up.