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    The document discusses the evolution of the English language from Old English to Middle English to Modern English. It describes how Old English was transformed after the Norman invasion in 1066, when Old French became the dominant language of the new ruling class. Over the next 100 years, Old English and Old French merged to form Middle English. It also explains how the Great Vowel Shift in the 15th century greatly changed English pronunciation and helped propel the language into its early modern form.

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    The document discusses the evolution of the English language from Old English to Middle English to Modern English. It describes how Old English was transformed after the Norman invasion in 1066, when Old French became the dominant language of the new ruling class. Over the next 100 years, Old English and Old French merged to form Middle English. It also explains how the Great Vowel Shift in the 15th century greatly changed English pronunciation and helped propel the language into its early modern form.

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    History of The English Lenguage

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    The document discusses the evolution of the English language from Old English to Middle English to Modern English. It describes how Old English was transformed after the Norman invasion in 1066, when Old French became the dominant language of the new ruling class. Over the next 100 years, Old English and Old French merged to form Middle English. It also explains how the Great Vowel Shift in the 15th century greatly changed English pronunciation and helped propel the language into its early modern form.

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    Guillermo Solis, Rolando

    in the 15th century, a phenomenon known as the great vowel shift


    Caballero, Nelson

    Modern English

    began to occur that propelled English into its early modern


    version and also affected almost all English pronunciation in a
    dramatic way and affected many consonants that remained
    Students:

    Espinosa

    unpronounced, called silent letters. later, the industrial


    revolution transformed English even more, mainly in vocabulary,
    new colonial words and new words for technology.
    in 1006
    William the Conqueror successfully invaded England
    with his army of Normans, these Normans now the
    ruling class of England spoke an Old French dialect
    Middle English

    while Old English remained the language of the peasants,


    after 100 years the two languages were merged and
    called Middle English, from 30% to 10000 English words
    are French in origin these words are seen more in law,
    religion and science for that reason English has many
    words that mean the same thing called synonyms.
    Old English is nothing like today's English, it has evolved
    so much to be considered a foreign language, half of
    our most used words come from this Anglo-Saxon

    Old English
    language for example.
    child water ear talk. this change was due to the viking
    invasions by the old norse language for example sky,
    bag, lag, hit and they.

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