1. Warm-up: September 5, 2012 What is feudalism?
How was feudalism brought to Britain?
What parts of feudalism do you think are helpful? Which parts are unhelpful?
Homework: Binder check and procedures quiz Friday.

2. The History of the English Language

3. Proto Indo European (3,000 B.C.)

4. Proto Indo European (3,000 B.C.)

5. Sir William Jones (end of 18th century)

6. Sanskrit
Classical language of the Hindus
Studied it in India

7. Sanskrit + Ancient Greek + Latin = Epiphany!

8. Back to England…

9. The Celts

10. The Celts

11. The Celts

12. The Celts

13. The Celts

14. The Celts

15. Angles and Saxons and Jutes – oh, my!

16. 3 Powerful Germanic Tribes
Angles
Language called “Englisc”
One of the main groups that settled in Britain.
Got their name from Angeln (city in Germany).
“England” and “English”
English people ended up being referred to as “Anglo”
Saxons
Jutes

17. Latin Alphabet

18. All three tribes spoke similar languages.
They didn’t write.
Were given the Latin Alphabet.
Languages merged.
Began writing it down AND…

19. VOILA! We got the first written version of English.
Uh, except to us, it looks and sounds nothing like
English…

20. Three attested periods:
…what does “attested” mean?

21. Old English

22. Old English Germanic tribes languages meshed together.
Formed “Old English”
Looks nothing like modern English.
Native speakers wouldn’t know what it means.
Our word roots can be traced back to Old English.
Ex: Beowulf

23. Middle Engish

24. Middle English 1066-William the Conqueror French influence
French was language of the Royal Court
Class division: lower classes (English) upper class (French)
Decline of Feudalism/growth of cities
English became dominant in Britain again
But French words were intermixed
The result was a new form of English: Middle English

25. Modern English

26. Modern English Early Modern (1500-1800) Late Modern English
Renaissance brought with it many new words and phrases.
Shakespeare.
Late Modern English
(1800-Present)
Industrial Revolution
British Empire
Foreign languages filtered into English language.