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HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE(PERIODS)

OLD ENGLISH 450-1150 MIDDLE ENGLISH 1150-1500 EARLY MODERN MODERN ENGLISH

Official start of the language Norman Conquest ENGLISH 1500-1700 1700-Today

Invasions of germanic English,French and Latin coexist Standarization of Spreading of English


tribes(angles,saxons,jutes) English
Main gramar changes The Great Vowel Shift is High Status
completed

Classic
authors(Shakespeare)

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