-
410
romans
latin was used for scholarly things
anglo-saxan was used for everyday language -
597
christianity
christians bring words from the semantic field -
800
vikings
vikings brought action words
increase of 2000 words -
1066
french
french invades
french words were considered upper class
'judge' 'jury' 'evidence' and 'justice'
10,000 words -
1300
upper and lower class language
cow (from english) was commonfolk but beef was french and upperclass
anglo-saxan english vs french -
1453
the 100 year war
english won the war against the french and won
english became the dominant language -
1564
shakespeare
created 2000 words
had advantage bcs of written language
poetry gave creative freedom for creating new words -
Period: to
british colonisation
since english was used in church, science and common people... english is colonising many other countries and are picking up the language from the countries they colonised -
Period: to
american english
waves of immigration, lots of new language
language of capitalism!! -
king james' bible
king james' bible was translated from latin to english
bridged the gap between the classes
filled with metaphors and moral and ethical words -
the english of science
royal society of physicists converted academic works from latin to english -
Period: to
johnson's dictionary
9 years to write
18" tall
42,773 thousand words -
Period: to
the creation of the oxford english dictionary
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internet language
abbreviations are introduced -
global english?
english evolved. is english english? no (?)