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The History of English language and famous landmarks in Great Britain

English is lingua franca

The three historical periods - 499-1066 Old English - 1066-1500 Middle English - 1500-today Modern English English is a Low West Germanic language

West Germanic tribes

Stonehenge

Roman Empire

Hadrian's Wall

Old English 499-1066 Anglo-Saxon language = Old English Derive from Old English: be, strong, water… Old Norse influence of the Vikings: egg, cake, skin, leg, window

St Paul's Cathedral

Middle English 1066-1500 The Norman conquest -> French borrowings e.g.: govern, government, prince, princess, duke

The Tower of London The Palace of Westminster Windsor Castle

Middle English 1066-1500 Anglo-Norman language = Middle English New words added: country, coast, river, lake, mountain… Geoffrey Chaucer is the poet of this age

King's College (1441) The King's College of our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge

Other major events - 1476 William Caxton establishes the first English printing press - 1380 John Wycliffe’s Bible manuscripts The /a/ and /o/ change OE: /ba:n/ ME: /bo:n/ bone OE: /ba:t/ ME: /bo:t/ boat - The Great Vowel Shift

Modern English 1500-today - William Shakespeare - Continuously assimilating foreign words

Buckingham Palace Blackpool Tower The White Cliffs of Dover

West Germanic tribes