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OLD ENGLISH PERIOD LATE MODERN ENGLISH

EARLY MODERN ENGLISH
MIDDLE ENGLISH PERIOD 1800 TO
450-1100 AD
PERIOD 1100-1500 1500-1650 PRESENT

Anglo-Saxons invasion 449 AD Vikings invasion

Late 13th Century-The power is in Late 15th century-The
They used their own native tongue
the hand of England and Wales. first Printing Press
which is Englisc and known as
Since then, English becomes the established Old Norse and Old English
Anglo-Saxons or old English.
dominant language of all classes Cognate or related language.
Four main groups with certain
dialect: Anglo, Saxon, Jutes, Great English vowel Shift-
Frisians Mid to late 14th Century- Georffrey systematically shifted the
Chaucer composes "The Canterbury Language Contact – They
St. Augustine 597 AD- phonetic values of all the
Tales". The English Language adopted English customs and
Christianity brought a Latin long vowels in English.
considered as the medium of the English accepted them
influence Word order became more
instructions in school. fixed and develop other
10 Century system in English.
New Varities of world English
The Old English written is popular 1399-There was a big event wherein developed such as vocabulary,
during this time and the West King Henry IV becomes the first grammar, and pronunciation.
English Monarch to convey a message William Shakespeare-
Saxon dialect were used by the
England people as their official using the English Language He invented 1700
language. common words by 1919- The aftermath of
changing nouns into the World War 1,
11th Century- verbs, changing verbs resulted to the rise of
"Beowulf" the longest surviving literature that into adjectives, etc. English Language
gives a huge contribution to the English
language. It was also this time, Danish King Rule
over the England that influences people to