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What was the era of Old English?
450-1100AD
What is the era of Middle English?
1100 - 1500 AD
What is the era of Early English?
[1500 - 1800 AD]
What is the era of Late English?
[1800 - Now]
What Early English Invention made books easier to access?
The printing press
Name a key text of Old English
Beowulf, Caedmon’s Hymn,The Dream of the Rood, Aelfrics “Life of King Oswalds”,The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle.
What is a key text of Middle English? [Name at least one]
The Canterbury Tales, Gawain and the Green Giant, Le Belle Dame Sans Merci, Piers Plowman
What are the key texts of Early English?
Shakespeare, Essay Concerning Human Understanding, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman
How did the industrial revolution influence the culture/language of the Late Modern English period?
A period of rapid change, shifting from making things by hand to using machines.
Name at least one impact the Printing Press had on Early English?
Books became cheaper, more people learned how to read, standardized English (common language, grammatical correction, spelling], first English dictionary.
Who are the known tribes of Old English?
The Angles, The Saxons, The Jutes
Who are the known people and/or groups of Middle English?
William the Conqueror and/or The Normans
What are the known groups/people of Early English?
Shakespeare, John Locke
What did the Industrial Revolution entail?
Shift from handcraft to factories, increased production, lower prices, new technologies.
What is a dialect?
A particular form of language that is peculiar to a specific region or social group
What led to the Old English era?
The invasion of Germanic tribes contributed to Britain developing Old English.
What led to the Middle English era?
The Duke of Normandy invaded and conquered England, bringing French with them.
What led to the Early English Era?
The Great Vowel Change changed the way that people spoke and pronounced words, creating a new era of English
What makes Early English different from Late English?
More vocabulary and a change in grammar/pronunciation
What is an accent?
A distinctive mode of pronunciation of a language, especially one associated with a particular nation
What are the key movements from the Old English era?
The arrival of Germanic tribes.
What are the key movements of the Middle English era?
For a moment, there was a linguistic class division, where the lower class spoke English and the higher class spoke French, the invasion of England
What major events impacted the development of Early English?
The Great Vowel Change, The Renaissance Period
Is there only one English Language?
There is no “one” English Language, every place has their own variation, pronunciation, vocabulary and spelling.
What is code switching?
Refers to the way you switch the language and sometimes even the pronunciation of the words depending on the situation, other times it can be a switch to using Formal language or Colloquial language.