15. Anglo-Saxons Flashcards
English has changed from a synthetic to analytic language in ___ years since?
1500, 3 Germanic tribes invaded Britain
How English has changed since 1500 years ago?
Pronunciation system has altered
Inflections disappeared
Vocabulary expanded 2,000%; 30,000 words to 1 million (not are technical and scientific terms)
Linguistic change:?
Though constant, is usually very gradual
Events sped up process
What events that shaped English language?
Norman Invasion, Renaissance, Settlement of Americas, Industrial Revolution
English language changes divide its history into 4 eras:?
Old English (Anglo-Saxon): A.D. 450-1150
Middle English: 1150-1475
Early Modern English: 1475-1700
Late Modern English: 1700-present
History of English begins with?
Invasion of Britain by Anglo Saxons and Jutes about A.D. 450
Anglo Saxons and Jutes spoke dialects of?
Anglo-Saxon
Rather than mixing with existing populace of Britons, or Celts, these Germanic tribes?
Drove Celts out of Britain
With exception of Cornwall and Wales
The Celtic language had?
Almost no influence on Anglo-Saxon
A.D. 597
Missionary Augustine came from Rome and converted Anglo-Saxons
The area was Christian by?
A.D. 750
Latin, which has a ____ influence on Anglo-Saxon through early contact with _____, began to infiltrate English through ___
Slight, Roman soldiers and traders, church
Viking invasion
Danish vikings began to raid English coast in A.D. 787
Danes were granted English lands to settle on after?
Battle with Alfred the Great
Language of Danes
Old Norse
