The History of English In The UK The History of English In The UK Old English (450 1100AD)01 Middle English (1100 1500)02 Early Modern English (Shakespearean)03 Late Modern English04 CONTENTS OLD ENGL.
Trang 1The History
of English In The UK
Trang 2Old English (450-1100AD)
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Middle English (1100-1500)
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Early Modern English (Shakespearean)
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Late Modern English
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CONTENTS
Trang 3OLD ENGLISH MIDDLE ENGLISH MODERN ENGLISH
Trang 4• English is West Germanic language
originated from Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Britain in the mid 5th - 7th centuries AD by Anglo-Saxon migrants
Old English (450-1100AD)
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• A few loanwords are borrowed from the native Romano-Britons but any further influence from the Celtic languages (be replaced by Old English)
• The Anglo-Saxons settled in the British Isles, their language now is called Old English
• A significant subsequent influence on the shaping of Old English came from contact with the North Germanic languages spoken by the
Scandinavian Vikings
Trang 6The Anglo-Saxons invade Britain
Trang 7Middle English (1100-1500)
• In 1066, Old English was replaced, for a time, by Anglo-Norman as the language
of the upper classes
• This period the English language was heavily influenced by Anglo-Norman, developing into a phase known now as Middle English
Trang 8• As Normans are descendants of Vikings who invaded France, Norman French was influenced by Old Norse, and many Norse loanwords in English came directly from French
• Middle English was spoken to the late 15th century
• Middle English may have influenced how
an English sentence is delivered: subject, verb, object
Trang 9Early Modern English (Shakespearean)
• As James I came to the throne in 1603 the English standard began to influence what was both spoken and written in the
UK, including Middle Scots in Scotland
• In 1604 first dictionary was published
• The development of new Words, Phrases, Gramma
Trang 10Late Modern English
• 19th century, the British Empire was
going through the Industrial Revolution
which had a great impact on the
language
• Between 1750-1900, half of the
Revolution’s research for new inventions
were written in English thanks in part to
the contributions of the USA
Trang 11Late Modern English
(1800-Present)
Early Modern
English (1500-1800)
The only difference between the Early Modern English and the Late Modern
English is the Vocabulary
Trang 12OLD ENGLISH
- English is West Germanic language originated from Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Britain in the mid 5th - 7th centuries AD by Anglo-Saxon
migrants.
- A few loanwords are borrowed from the native Romano-Britons but any further influence from the Celtic languages( be replaced by Old English)
- The Anglo-Saxons settled in the British Isles, their language now is called Old English.
- A significant subsequent influence on the shaping of Old English came from contact with the North Germanic languages spoken by the
Scandinavian Vikings.
Trang 13MIDDLE ENGLISH
- In 1066, Old English was replaced, for a time, by Anglo-Norman as the language of the upper classes.
- This period the English language was heavily influenced by Anglo-Norman,
developing into a phase known now as Middle English.
- As Normans are descendants of Vikings who invaded France, Norman French was influenced by Old Norse, and many Norse loanwords in English came directly from French.
- Middle English was spoken to the late 15th century.
- Middle English may have influenced how an English sentence is delivered: subject, verb, object.
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