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    The document outlines the historical development of the English language in three phases: 1) The Anglo-Saxon phase from the 5th-11th centuries when Old English developed after Germanic tribes invaded Britain. 2) The Middle English phase from the 11th-15th centuries when Norman French influences altered the language following the Norman conquest of England. 3) The Modern English phase from the 16th century onward, marked by the Great Vowel Shift and standardization through printing enabling English literature to flourish.

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    The document outlines the historical development of the English language in three phases: 1) The Anglo-Saxon phase from the 5th-11th centuries when Old English developed after Germanic tribes invaded Britain. 2) The Middle English phase from the 11th-15th centuries when Norman French influences altered the language following the Norman conquest of England. 3) The Modern English phase from the 16th century onward, marked by the Great Vowel Shift and standardization through printing enabling English literature to flourish.

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    HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF

    ENGLISH
    EVOLUTION OF ENG-
    LISH
    01 ANGLO-SAXON PHASES

    02 MIDDLE ENGLISH
    PHASE
    03 MODERN ENGLISH PHASE
    01
    ANGLO-SAXON
    PHASE
    The first evolutionary for the English lan-
    guage began when Germanic peoples
    known as the
    Angles and Saxons, hailing from what is
    now
    Northern Germany, began migrating to
    and
    ANGLO-SAXON
    PHASE
    These Angles and Saxons brought their
    North Sea Germanic dialects to their new
    home. The linguistic linkages between
    English and the
    dialects spoken in Northern Germany can
    still
    be detected today. They even gave their
    The proto-English spoken by
    the Angles and Saxons mor-
    phed over time into OLD
    ENGLISH.
    ANGLO-SAXON
    PHASE
    “Fæder ure şu şe eart on heofonum, si
    şin nama gehalgod” translates to the
    Modern English “Our father which art in
    heaven, hallowed be
    thy name”
    THE VIKINGS AND
    SCANDINAVIAN INFLU-
    ENCE
    From the 8th to the 10th centuries CE, the
    British Isles suffered a new wave of inva-
    sion and settlement. This time, the in-
    vaders were Vikings from what are now
    the Scandinavian countries of Norway,
    Sweden, and Denmark.
    0
    2
    MIDDLE ENGLISH
    PHASE
    The second phase in the evolution of the
    English language started roughly at the
    intersection of the 11th and the 12th cen-
    tury,
    when the Norman king William I conquered
    England and displaced the reigning Anglo-
    Saxon ruling elite. The Normans were peo-
    ple from
    MEDIEVAL DEVELOPMENT

    By the mid-14th century, English had


    reasserted itself as a language of gov-
    ernment and law,
    MEDIEVAL DEVELOPMENT
    The biggest part of this change was the loss of inflec-
    tion and
    gender, but other forms of simplification and unification
    were
    taking place. For example, Old English had six noun
    endings to
    denote a plural, but only two survived into Middle and
    Modern
    English (“-s” as in hands and “-en” as in oxen, with the
    latter
    MEDIEVAL DEVELOPMENT

    the language was becoming more


    standardized in the Late Middle Ages.
    03
    MODERN ENGLISH
    PHASE
    The Modern English phase extends from the 16th cen-
    tury to the present day. Perhaps the biggest change dur-
    ing this phase was the culmination of the revolution of
    the phonology of English (the Great Vowel Shift), run-
    ning roughly from 1400-1600 CE, during which English
    speakers began pushing vowels closer to the front of
    their mouths. The word life, for example, was pro-
    nounced lafe in Shakespeare’s time, with the vowel
    lodged further back in the throat.
    At this time, English began to be regarded for
    its potential as a language of literature. No
    writer took greater advantage of the incredible
    flexibility and richness of the English language
    than Shakespeare. The Bard of Avon alone
    added some 2,000 words to the language,
    such as mimic, bedroom, lackluster, hobnob.
    He also introduced a host of new phrases we
    still use today, like “one fell swoop” and “in
    my mind’s eye.” Shakespeare greatly elevated
    and exalted the English language.
    The first steps toward standardiza-
    tion only began with the invention
    of the
    printing press in the 15th century.

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