The document discusses the history and evolution of the English language from its beginnings as Anglo-Frisian dialects brought to Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the 5th century AD. Over the following centuries, the language was influenced by Old Norse during the Viking invasions and then underwent extensive changes after the Norman conquest in 1066, when it absorbed a significant amount of vocabulary from Norman French. The modern English language began emerging in the late 15th century following the invention of the printing press and continues to change and develop today through globalization and new technologies.