martes, 7 de diciembre de 2010

THE HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE


·         BEGINNINGS OF THE ENGLISH

· OLD ENGLISH (450- 1100)

· THE NORMANS IN ENGLAND

·     MIDDLE ENGLISH (1100-1500)

·  MODERN ENGLISH (1650-   )

- Indo-European( Sanskrit, Greek, Latin)   
  Kurgans     Celts     Romans                                   
-   Jutes, Angles and Saxons

- Agustine (monk)
- Vocabulary
- Vikings
- King Alfred
- Poem Beowulf

- William was made kind
- The law and literature was written in English
- French continued
- Henry king in 1399

-   Verbs change
-   New English words
-   Translation of the Bible by John Wycliffe
-   William Caxton
-   Geoffrey Chaucer
-   William Shakespeare

-  The English language grew
-  Queen Elizabeth
-  Grammatical changes to English.