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History of the English Language. HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE The history
of the English language is very extensively. It contains ...
History of the English Language. HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE by Mischel Figusch;
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HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
by Mischel Figusch; Jg. 11
The history of the English language is very extensively. It contains parts of French, Latin, German, Norse and of a few less known tongues.
Before texts were written in English, they were mainly written in Latin and were reserved to be read only by the Pious and royal.
The language how it is spoken today was formed only after Centuries of
fierce battling, governments being overthrown, and a period of time known as
the Dark Ages. During this time, the language began as Old English.
Later it was simplified into Middle English and finally refined into Modern English.
Old English is concentrated between the years 450 and 1150ad. In the year
449 Germanic Tribes (Angles, Saxons, and Jutes) invaded England after the Romans had already build a progressing civilization, complete with a massive road system.
It is assumed that the tribes terrorized the natives and forced many of them of their homeland. Their German language blended with those Celtic and Welsh residents who decided to stay.
This is where the meld of Old English began.
In the year 697 St. Augustine and other Roman Missionaries came to spread
Christianity to the savages. He and the other missionaries introduced the technology of writing in all of the hierarchies. For the religious ceremonies they used latin, one of the oldest known languages.
Within a century after Augustine's arrival, primitive works of history and religious poetry began to surface in a language that is now regarded as Old English.
Bede (c.672-735) is remembered as a great historian and theologian. His Old English works provide us with a glimpse into an otherwise mysterious period known as the "Dark Ages."
There were many invasions from 787 - 1042 primarily by the Vikings or by the Danes.
Due to them the English Language...
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