English q1 w1 Flashcards
Period of 450-1100
Old English Period
Period of 1100-1500
Middle English Period
Period of 1500-1800
Early Modern English Period
Period of 1800-present
Late Modern English Period
JAS CEE
Jutes, angles, saxons, celts, england, and englisc
Germanic tribes invaded the Celts (Britain)
Old English Period
Old english got mixed up with w old norse, the language of vikings
Middle English period
Normans brought a kind of french, which became the language of royal courts, rulings, and business classes
Middle English period
Great vowel shift
End of hundred years war
Contact with various countries
William Shakespeare
Early Modern English Period
_____ created the need for new words in the late english period
Industrial revolution and technology
British empire covered one quarter of the earth & english adopted a lot of words from other countries
Late Modern
English period