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Development of English - Coggle Diagram
Development of English
product (different influences)
invasions were the factors
divided
Old English 450-1100
(Celts)
pushed out of England
invasions
survived: (Scotland, Wales and Cornwall)
few Celtic words (adopted)
(Romans)
few linguistic traces
names ending in «chester»
«military camp»
Chester/ Manchester
Latin words (Religion)
Anglosaxons
mostly contributed to crated: (English)
called: land Englaland
predominant (spoken
until around 1100)
basis of modern English
+grammatical forms
(Vikings)
added (basic words)
Middle English 1100- 1550
Normans ( 1066 )
Aristocracy: continued (speak French)
language of the Court
Anglosaxon evolved absorbing all
English -->predominant
Common people: Anglosaxon
Clergy: Latin
Chaucher
1° mportant poet to write in English
example of the evolution
Caxton
1476 1° printing pressin
prainting: fundamental for the standardization of a language
Modern English 1550 (
present-day English
)
7 important factors
End of Middle English
dialect from East Midlands
printed books
Modern English
The Reinassance
great interest (Roman/ Greek civilizations)
absorbed/ added
Contacts (far-away countries)
From the 16° century England started to trade around the world
set up colonies
The Industrial revolution
new words
Publication of dictionaries
supported the standardization
1° 1604
Early modern English 1550/1750
Late modern English 1750