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The Evolution Of The English Language
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The Evolution of the English language
1066-1450
1750-Present
450-1066
Old English
The English Language first arrived, when invaders from Anglo-saxon migrated from what is now known as northwest Germay, southern Denmark and Netherlands. Bringing with them the dialects of Old English.
Old English
In comparison to Modern English
The main difference between Old English and Modern English, is that within Old English grammars, nouns, adjectives, pronouns and verbs had inflectional ending and forms, and word order didn't really matter.
Middle English
Early 10th century, viking raid began in England. At the time vikings spoke a language called 'Old Norse'. 'Old Norse' brought significant applications to the Old English.
Middle English
Additionally, by around 1050 Normans also started to invade England bringing with them Norman French, which became the language of the court, government and upper class.
The addition of French and Old Norse aided the developement of English. Wording order of sentence started to become more analytic with more strict word order.
Modern English
Modern English contains two main parts: Early Modern English and Modern English.
Modern
English
The Great Vowel Shift, sparked during the Early Modern English era. It was an essential state that devolped the messy soup of pronunciation and spelling that we now know.
The Use of Vowels changed the spleeing of many words, here are a few examples.
Shakespeare's work is though to be Old English, but in truth, it is characterized as Early Modern English.
How far have we come?