Autores
Created byPavani Unnam
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Roman Monks Bring Catholicism to Britain, adding many Latin WordsAlfred promotes Old English LiteratureBeowulf is written in Old English by an anonymous author.Wiliam of Normandy conquers BritainChaucer writes the Canterbury Tales, and Malory writes Arthur tales, in Middle EnglishJames I commissions a bible, and Shakespeare writes plays, in Modern EnglishPeríodos
Celtic
"From Indo-European"Old English
"From Celtic + Anglo Saxon"Middle English
"From Old English + French + Latin"Modern English
"From Middle English + World InputRoman soldiers conquer Britain, adding a few Latin worlds to CelticAngles, Saxons, Jutes, & Frisians invade Britain; Anglo-Saxon combines with CelticVikings invaded Britain from Scandinavia, adding many Norse wordsFrench and Latin gain importance100 Years' War and Black Death; English regains importanceGrammar simplifies, and words from many nations are addedEnglish spreads throughout the
world to become a "universal" language
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