History of English Language
by Melissa Sweeney
1. AGE OF REASON 18th/19th Century
2. Edward Confessor Dies
3. African Vernacular
3.1. Kept R-lessness
4. East= R-lessness French Influence from the Brits
5. American English
6. The Black Sea
7. English, Dutch, Frisians (West Germanic)
8. Created Doublets : German? Grimms Law
8.1. Cognates
9. Jutes, Saxons, and Angles
9.1. Romans. Claudias completed Julius' invasion 43-410 AD ruled
9.1.1. Signs of Grimms Law 500 B.C
9.2. Caedmon Hymn 658-680 AD
9.2.1. Scoti, Saxons and Picts invade 396-398
10. Battle of Hastings
11. Viking Invasion 787-1066
11.1. Vikings: Germanic people
12. Old English
12.1. Celts, Natives of England, Pagans
12.2. Latin
12.3. German
12.4. Beowulf 900 A.D
12.5. Alliteration: Stress on first syllable
13. French Words Take Over High Class
14. Great Vowel Shift 12-18th century
15. French speaking Normans took over
16. The Norman Conquest 1066
17. Middle English
17.1. Chaucer
17.2. William Conqueror becomes King
17.3. Celtic
17.4. French
18. Early Modern English
18.1. Shakespeare 16th/17th Century
18.1.1. Yokings
18.1.2. Functional Shifting/Word Play, Nouning Verbs