History of the English Language

Prof. J. Magdalena Arévalo

History of the English Language

The Invasion of England.

Old English.

Middle English.

Modern English.

Prof. J. Magdalena Arévalo

The Indo-European Languages.

First Studies

Europe 16 C India

Filippo Sasseti Sanskrit

Greek

Latin

1540

Thomas Stephens

Konkani1583

Italian

Deva/Dio "God", Sarpa/Serpe “Serpent"

Sir William Jones

Sanskrit1786

Latin

Greek

Indo-EuropeanThomas Young1813

Justus and Slocum, 2008Prof. J. Magdalena Arévalo

Indo-European

Thomas Young1813

Indian and European Languages

449 LanguagesSLI

2005

Germanic

Italic

English Spanish

Prof. J. Magdalena Arévalo

400 million people 330 million people

Short, 2007Prof. J. Magdalena Arévalo

C. Justus and J. Slocum, 2008Prof. J. Magdalena Arévalo

Prof. J Magdalena ArévaloDurkin, 2000

Angles

West Germany

Land. Key Factor

Rural society

Occupied territory in V

Land Lords

Men Head of Family

Prof. J Magdalena Arévalo

Saxons

Saxons

Jutland

Saxons=“Seax”

Warriors

Organized Society

Thane

Elective Monarchy

Prof. J Magdalena ArévaloJutes

Jutes

Jutland

Sailors

Warriors

Assimilates by other Tribes

Tolerance to Christianity

Warriors

Prof. J Magdalena Arévalo

Celts

Celts

British IsleMany Tribes

Clans

Equality

Religion

Seven Kingdoms

Englaland.

Angles.

Englisc.

Old English.

Frisian.

Northumbr

ian.Mercia

n.West-

Saxon.Kentis

h.

Norsemen.

500-1100. AD

Beowulf.

Prof. J Magdalena Arévalo

1066. AD

British Isles.

Norsemen.

Middle English.

French.

Anglo Norman.

1066-1500. AD

Geoffrey Chaucer

Romance Languag

es.

Lords.

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Printing Press.

London Standard.

Great Vowel Shift.

Early Modern English.

Colonization.

Industrialization.

Expansion.

Late Modern English.

Vocabulary.

Shakespeare Prof. J Magdalena Arévalo

1500-Pres day.

Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey ChaucerXV

A.D.

Pilgrimage to the St. Thomas Becket Cathedral

Prose: 2

Verse: 22

Society

Frame Tale

Middle English Modern English'Wepyng and waylyng, care and oother sorwe I knowe ynogh, on even and a-morwe,' Quod the Marchant, 'and so doon oother mo that wedded been.'

'Weeping and wailing, care and other sorrow I know enough, in the evening and in the morning,' said the Merchant, 'and so does many another who has been married.'

Canterbury Tales

Beowulf.

Epic Poem.

3.182

10%

Culture.

Government.

Mythology.

Norsemen.