English Evolution - Timeline by Gabriela Nieto

Old English (450-1100 AD)

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-01 01:10:48 UTC

Old English or Anglo-Saxon was a language of Germanic origin that was brought to the British Isles by the tribes of Germany. It was very different from what we know today as contemporary English.

Old Grammar📚

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-01 02:24:54 UTC

Old English is characterized by the use of grammatical inflections, especially on verbs, nouns, adjectives, and pronouns. Strong verbs or irregular verbs were used.
There were three genders categories: feminine, masculine, and neuter.

The third person inflectional, s originated thanks to Scandinavian influence.
There was no rule for word order.

Pronunciation👄

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-01 02:29:17 UTC

Old English pronunciation was quite different from today's.
Vowels had a longer pronunciation.

🎭Old English poetry🎭

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-01 03:35:47 UTC

Poetry was oral, not written.
The Wanderer
Boewulf

🌴Viking contribution🌴

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-01 03:38:23 UTC

The Vikings originally from northern Europe migrated to Britain and made certain contributions to the English language, such as verbs and the days of the week.

Examples: Die, flat, give, law, sky, Thor´s day.

Modern English (1800 - Present)🗺️

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-02 00:57:30 UTC

Modern English incorporates the new vocabulary that remains current, the writing and pronunciation of words, is shorter, has more pressure and pragmatic use.

English Nowadays

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-02 01:58:11 UTC

English Pearson.

There have been certain changes in order to cut more some words.

The rise in popularity of Internet slang has made phrases

LOL" (Laugh Out Loud), "YOLO" (You Only Live Once) and "bae" (baby)

Middle English 1100 - 1500

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-02 23:22:29 UTC

This time marked a great change in English since it a process of simplification and reduction of inflections.

Norman Conquest 1066⚔️

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-02 23:30:08 UTC

It was an invasion led by William the Conqueror and his group of Normans who conquered England and directly influenced the English lexicon.

Introduction of the printing press

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-02 23:32:06 UTC

The introduction of the printing press by William Caxton raised the popularity of printed books, pronunciation and spelling of words like knee or gnaw were all standardized
and changed the ideology of purely oral poetry.

Incorporation of French.

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-02 23:43:29 UTC

As a result of the Norman conquest, French was incorporated into English at a high level, specially goverment terms. Words like: Army, court, defense or prison come from French origins.

Change pronunciation

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-03 02:45:52 UTC

During Middle English, the pronunciation of English changed due to new influences. The most notable change was in the vowel pronunciation, as its pronunciation was shortened.
Before letters, ld, rd, mb, vowels were pronounced shorter.

Outstanding Middle English Literature

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-03 03:02:19 UTC

The Book of the Duchess, The Legend of Good Women and The Parliament of Fowls - Geoffrey Chaucer's.

Early Modern English (1500-1800)

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-03 03:19:17 UTC

Some time after the Old English era, the early modern language began, which meant few changes in the English language, especially in the pronunciation and incorporation of new vocabulary.

Hamlet was published (1603)🎭

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-03 03:20:16 UTC

Shakespeare's Hamlet was one of the best literary resources written in the early years of Early modern English. However, in the writing there are still influences of old English.

The Great Vowel Shift

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-03 03:31:25 UTC

It was a change in the pronunciation of the English vowels. Especially long vowel sounds evolved into other vowels or into diphthongs.

Examples: a /ɑ/ > ei /ei/ ai /æi/

English Renaissance🎨🖌️

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-03 03:51:33 UTC

The English Renaissance meant a great artistic and cultural change for England, thus encompassing the English language. Literature, poetry and prose had a more liberal perspective

First English dictionary was published. (1604)

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-03 04:21:02 UTC

Also known as Table Alphabetical it was published by Robert Cawdrey's under the influence of early modern English, it contained around 3000 words.

Contribution of the technological age⌨️💻

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-03 04:52:37 UTC

Modern English has a great influence and linguistic growth thanks to new technology, new English words were created.

Computer, Mouse, remote control, generator, Tech.

Use of abbreviations

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-03 04:53:04 UTC

Brasier /bra
Telephone/phone
Airplane/plane

Cognages inventions

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-03 04:54:00 UTC

Tik tok🤪
To google something🌐
Youtuber 📷

Idiomatic phrases

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-03 04:57:36 UTC

Like a piece of cake.
Once in a blue moon
In the same boat
No pain, no gain

Conclusion

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-03 05:02:20 UTC

Finally, we can conclude that English is a language that is highly enriched by various languages and dialects such as Alans, Anglo-Saxons, and Celtic, among others, which is why it has evolved over time and adapted to the various linguistic changes, the social strata is another element that influences, at a higher social strata, better the language style, probably because the education level. However, in that way the language is created until reach the creation of what we know today as English Language.✏️

Introduction🗺️

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-03 05:08:02 UTC

In this presentation, a digital wall has been elaborated that consists of representing the origin and history of the English language, through said presentation, taking into account different characteristics and events that occurred during the history and origin of the language, finally a brief description has been presented, and conclusion from our own perspective of the work previously prepared.

📚Foreign words incorporation📚

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-03 19:35:49 UTC

Breeze - Spanish word: Brisa
Roster - Dutch - List
Patio - Spanish word: Patio

Spanish incorporation

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-03 19:36:26 UTC

That is a señorita - He is my amigo

William Shakespeare 📝📒

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-03 21:11:41 UTC

Shakespeare created more than 1,700 words by turning nouns into verbs, verbs into adjectives, adding prefixes and suffixes, connecting words that had never been put together, and making entirely new words.

Especially in the pronouns, the same you is used to refer to you or "you" when we talk about people who are more respected or adults.

Jargon/slang

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-03 21:22:59 UTC

Jargon is of a slightly more formal nature, as for example it is used in professions, or a certain social group.
Medical Jargon - Glucose - Sugar
Unlike slang which is of an informal nature commonly between friends, text messages, and vice versa.
Slang - Aye - Yes

Long Vowels

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-04 01:42:13 UTC

English script there are seven vowels symbols - a, e, i, o, u and y and the digraph 'ae' which is called 'ash'.

Informal vs Technical 💌📧

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-06 21:14:40 UTC

Informal language is more common when speaking than when it´s written.
Technical language is commonly used in writing, in professional enviroment or educational situations.

English as a current requirement✅

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-06 22:22:56 UTC

Because English is widely spoken by countries with highest academic rank, it has become a prerequisite for world society.

Third most spoken language in the world.🗣️

gabrielan3001 — 2022-12-06 22:39:03 UTC

During the modern era, English spread throughout the world thanks mainly to the British Empire, as merchants, sailors and missionaries linked trips to various areas of the world, becoming English as the third most spoken language in the world.