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History of the English Language

History of the English Language. Class Notes Sept. 17, 2014. Vikings!. 793 CE onward. Alfred the Great. Alfred the Great. Ruled from 871-899 CE Consolidated a divided “ nation ” Used the word Angelcynn Fought/negotiated with the Danes Captured London, taking it from the Danes

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History of the English Language

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  1. History ofthe English Language Class Notes Sept. 17, 2014

  2. Vikings!

  3. 793 CE onward

  4. Alfred the Great

  5. Alfred the Great • Ruled from 871-899 CE • Consolidated a divided “nation” • Used the word Angelcynn • Fought/negotiated with the Danes • Captured London, taking it from the Danes • Established universities; planned towns • First English king to write books! Translated Latin texts into English (incl. Bede’s Ecclesiastical History)

  6. Normans!

  7. Battle of Hastings, 1066 CE

  8. Later Changes… • Middle English becomes Modern English during a less dramatic episode • “The Great Vowel Shift” • Occurs during the end of the 15th century • The phonetic values (sounds) of long vowels in English are changed • A standardized (somewhat) grammar

  9. And more later changes… • Words coined by Shakespeare-- nearly 2,000! (16th/17th centuries) • Dictionaries (18th century) • Imperialism allows for borrowed words from around the world (17th-19th centuries) • Development of linguistics (19th century) • Scientific, economic, technological terminology (19th-21st centuries)

  10. Works Cited and Consulted Black, Joseph, ed. et al. The Broadview Anthology of British Literature. Vol. 1. Peterborough, Ont.: Broadview P., 2006. Print. Bryson, Bill. The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way. NY: Perennial, 1990. Print. Katsiavriades, Kryss and Talaat Qureshi. “The Origin and History of the English Language.”The KryssTal Website. 1997-2013. 14 Sept. 2014. Web. Kemmer, Suzanne. “A Brief History of English, With Chronology.” 2001-20015. Words In English. Rice University. 15 Sept. 2014. Web. MacNeil, Robert. “The Glorious Messiness of English.”Readers Digest, Oct. 1995. Print.

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