History of the English Language
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What makes Middle English?
Old English, Latin & French
What started Middle English
A 100 years long war and the black plague.
What is the 2nd largest vocab
Chinese
How did humans communicate before spoken language
Sign language, gestures, facial expressions, body language & vocalizations; grunting, screaming or clicking.
When did we start speaking languages
250,000 years ago
What are more short choppy words associated with?
Anglo-Saxon German
When was Romeo and Juliet made?
Modern English (1)
What did Christian monk’s speak?
Latin Carthage
What makes up Old English?
Celtic and Anglo-Saxon
What vocal sounds did humans used to imitate before languages?
Sounds from the earth, wild, trees, etc.
Who Invaded Britan in 700-900 AD
Vikings
What Language did the Vikings bring to Great Britain?
Old Norse
When did the Vikings invade?
700-900 AD
When the the Roman Monks bring Catholicism to Britan?
600 AD
When did the Roman soldiers conquer Britan?
300-400 AD
What Language did the Romans bring to Britan?
Latin
When did the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians invade Britan?
450-600 AD
When did King Alfred promote Old English?
900 AD (1)
What is “Beowulf”
A work that was passed down orally until 1000 AD
What time period was Beowulf in?
Old English
When did Willam of Normandy Conquer Britan?
1066 AD
When did the French and Latin gain importance?
1066-1350 AD
What time period were the Romans in
Celtic Period 1
What time period were the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians in?
Celtic Period, but they also did not have a set time period later on.
What time period was William of Normandy in?
Old English.
What time period were Chaucer and Malory in?
Middle English (1)
Who Is Chaucer
The writer for the “Canterbury tales”
Who is Mallory?
The writer for “The Arthur Tales”
When did Chaucer write his tales
1400 AD (1)
When did Mallory write their tales?
1400 AD (2)
When did grammar become more simplified?
Middle English (2)
Time Span of Old English.
600-1066 AD
Time Span of Middle English
1400-1500 AD
Time Span of Modern English
1550 AD - Modern Day
When did James commission the Bible
Early 1600
When were more nations added & Grammer started to become more simplified?
1500-1600 AD
What time period did Shakespeare write his two most famous pieces of literature (plays in poetry)
Modern English (2)
When did English spread and become a “universal language?”
1600-1800 AD
Time span of the Celtic Period.
_____ → 400 AD
Who are the Celtics?
People who traveled Westward and settled in Britan, near the black sea.
Who are the Indo-Europeans
People who traveled the furthest part from Britain, near the Black sea. Known for being the group of people who started our “Mother Tongue”
Who are the French
People who traveled from France to Britain.
Who are the Latins (ignore this wording)
People who traveled from Rome area to Britan. (Romans)
Who were the Vikings?
Invaders who left north language (Norse). Came from the North Sea.
Who were the Anglo-Saxons?
Germanic tribes who moved to Great Britan. Simple language. Came from the North Sea.
Date of King Alfred
900 AD (2)
Date of King James
1600 AD (1)
Date of William Shakespeare
1600 AD (2)
Date of Thomas Mallory
1400 AD (3)
Date of Geoffrey Chaucer
1400 AD (4)
Date of William the Conqueror
1066 / 1000 AD
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