1. The History of the English Language

2. Research Question Why is the English language the largest in the world?

3. etymology The study of word origins

4. Text Source #2 Works Cited Beers, Kylene. Holt Literature and Language Arts. Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001.

5. Source #1 Engel, Elliot. A Light History of the English Language. Raleigh: Media Consultants, 1997

6. The Celts #1 Celtic language first in Britain. Scots, Irish, Welsh descendants of Celtic

7. England

9. Old English 500-1065 AD Anglo Saxon Germanic language

10. Romans: Julius Ceasar He spoke Latin; He conquered: Romance Languages: French, Spanish, Italian, Portuguese, Romanian.

11. #1 Old English begins when the Anglos, Saxons, Jutes invade England in 500 A.D. Old English is an Anglo-Saxon Germanic language

12. Then the Vikings Invade! #1 Vikings from Scandinavia invade England in 793AD They speak Old Norse O.E. (The Light History of English) Light History.

13. Beowulf- Epic Poem #1 First work of English literature

14. Source 1 Almost every one syllable word we speak is from Anglo Saxon German Old English 500-1065AD

15. Middle English 1066-1550AD In 1066, William the Conqueror from Normandy, France invades England.

16. The Norman Conquest

17. England becomes bilingual during Middle English English: ox, sheep, swine, calf French: beef, mutton, pork, veal The rich and upper class spoke French Latin, but the lower class spoke Anglo- Saxon German.

18. Chaucer was a 14 th century author of The Canterbury Tales M.E.

19. Caxton invented the Printing Press in 1476

20. Modern English is 1500 to present #1 Renaissance-rebirth of Greek and Roman art

21. William Shakespeare Used 21,500 different words 3,000 invented words

22. Shakespeare invented: Words Shakespeare Invented Academe accused addiction advertising amazement arouse assassination backing bandit bedroom beached besmirch birthplace blanket bloodstained barefaced blushing betbump buzzer caked cater champion circumstantialAcademeaccusedaddictionadvertisingamazementarouse assassinationbackingbanditbedroombeachedbesmirch birthplaceblanketbloodstainedbarefacedblushingbetbumpbuzzer cakedcaterchampioncircumstantial Coldblooded compromise courtship countless critic dauntless dawn deafening discontent dishearten drugged dwindle epileptic equivocal elbow excitementexposure eyeballfashionablefixtureflawedfrugalgenerousgloomygossipgreen- eyedgusthinthobnobhurriedimpedeimpartialinvulnerablejadedlabella cklusterlaughablelonelylowerluggagelustrousmadcapmajesticmarket ablemetamorphizemimicmonumentalmoonbeammountaineernegotia tenoiselessobsceneobsequiouslyodeolympianoutbreakpanderspeda ntpremeditatedpukingradiancerantremorselesssavageryscufflesecur eskim milksubmergesummitswaggertorturetranquilundressunrealvariedvaul tingworthlesszanygnarledgrovelColdbloodedcompromisecourtshipcountlesscriticdauntlessdawn deafeningdiscontentdisheartendruggeddwindleepilepticequivocal elbowexcitementexposure eyeballfashionablefixtureflawedfrugalgenerousgloomygossipgreen- eyedgusthinthobnobhurriedimpedeimpartialinvulnerablejadedlabella cklusterlaughablelonelylowerluggagelustrousmadcapmajesticmarket ablemetamorphizemimicmonumentalmoonbeammountaineernegotia tenoiselessobsceneobsequiouslyodeolympianoutbreakpanderspeda ntpremeditatedpukingradiancerantremorselesssavageryscufflesecur eskim milksubmergesummitswaggertorturetranquilundressunrealvariedvaul tingworthlesszanygnarledgrovel

23. King James Bible 1604

24. 1755 Johnson’s Dictionary

26. Good Good, gode, guod, guode, goode, goed, gowd, godd, guid guide, gud, gwde, guyd, gewd 7 years in the making. This dictionary helped standardize spelling.

27. France

29. Text Source #2 Works Cited Beers, Kylene. Holt Literature and Language Arts. Austin: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2001.