History of English Language

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History of English Language by Mind Map: History of English Language

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

18.2. Thou/You in Hamlet

19. PIE:6,000 YEARS

19.1. Sanskrit, Greek, Latin

19.2. Germanic Languages

20. TRAVELED WEST FROM GREAT BRITAIN

20.1. West= "R's"

21. SEMANTIC SHIFT: "Shift happens"

22. Tocharian (Farthest East PIE went)

23. Modern English