3. Old
English
English
periods
Middle Modern
English English
4. period characterized by invasions and different influences
Saxons, Angles Vikings
and Jutes invasion invasion
(5th century AD) (around 878 AD)
they they
Mixed their Germanic Aported new
languages words like: sky,
egg, cake, etc
5. Roman Influence (54-5BC): before Saxons arrival:
win (wine), candel (candle), etc.
Celtic Influence: slight influence (place and river
names):York, Thames, Dover Cumberland, etc.
St. Augustine/Christianity influence (597): more
Latin words (church words): baptism, eucharist,
bishop, etc.
6. French Invasion (1066 AD) William the
Conqueror
French: language of the court, culture and
administration
Latin: church written language
English: language of the lower class
New words by about 1200: castle, crown, army,
parliament, traitor, governor, etc
7. beginning of
The Great Vowel Shift (during 1400 to
1700)
Sound that affected the English’ long vowels
8. Developed after the establishment of the 1st
printing press (William Caxton 1476)
three major events
The Renaissance The British Colonialism
The Industrial Revolution
9. Renaissance Industrial British
Revolution Colonialism
Explosion of culture, New words related New places
arts, etc. with technology conquered, new
were invented. words added.
