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1 The History of English language and famous landmarks in Great Britain

2 English is lingua franca

3 The three historical periods
Old English Middle English today Modern English English is a Low West Germanic language

4 West Germanic tribes

5 Stonehenge

6 Roman Empire

7 Hadrian's Wall

8 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

9 St Paul's Cathedral

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

11 The Tower of London The Palace of Westminster Windsor Castle

12 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

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

14 Other major events William Caxton establishes the first English printing press 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

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

16 Buckingham Palace Blackpool Tower The White Cliffs of Dover

17 West Germanic tribes

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