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Settlement of Angles and Saxons in the British Isles, displacement of Celtic languages and Latin. The Old English language appears. Vocabulary and grammar are formed under the influence of Viking and Norman dialects
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Settlement of Angles and Saxons in the British Isles, displacement of Celtic languages and Latin. The Old English language appears. Vocabulary and grammar are formed under the influence of Viking and Norman dialects
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Settlement of Angles and Saxons in the British Isles, displacement of Celtic languages and Latin. The Old English language appears. Vocabulary and grammar are formed under the influence of Viking and Norman dialects
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William the Conqueror conquers
British Isles, Anglo-Norman dialect becomes dominant throughout the country -
William the Conqueror conquers
British Isles, Anglo-Norman dialect becomes dominant throughout the country -
Transition to Middle English, active borrowing of words from French
12th--15th centuries
Middle English is quickly filled with words from continental dialects. Managerial terms, military designations, names of dishes are borrowed. -
16th century.
Early New English is formed.
The Great Vowel Shift takes place, phonetic rules change significantly. The spread of printing and publication of the first dictionary of the English language
17th-18th centuries -
Colonization of North America and Australia leads to the spread of New English to the overseas possessions of Great Britain. Regional differences in stylistic and grammatical norms are formed.
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19th century
Key grammatical, phonetic and stylistic norms of modern English are finalized.