1. The history of English
IFSP – Câmpus Avaré
Prof. Me. Gerson Rossi dos Santos
Events

2. Bulgarian Greek Portuguese
Czech Hungarian Romanian
Danish Irish Slovak
Dutch Gaelic Slovene
English Italian Spanish
Estonian Latvian Swedish
Finnish Lithuanian
French Maltese
German Polish These languages should be
considered:
( ) Extinct languages
( √ ) Modern languages

3. These languages should be
considered:
( √ ) Extinct languages
( ) Modern languages

4. Indo-European Languages Expansion

5. Indo-European Languages Expansion

6. Indo-European Languages Expansion

7. The rise of Old English: Great Britain, approx.
450 A.D.

8. Germanic Languages

9. The rise of Old English: Great Britain, approx.
450 A.D.
• 55 B.C.: Julius Caesar, Roman Emperor, invades
Britain;
• Communities spoke Celtish;
• 436 A.D.: Roman colonization ends; tribes speaking
•Approximately 450 A.D.: Germanic
similar languages invade Great Britain territories;
•Old English records;
•1066 A.D.: Duke of Normandy (France) invades Great
Britain;
•Middle English records (under French influence);
•Geoffrey Chaucer: main reference of Middle English
literature;
•Approximately 1500 A.D.: Modern English:
• Early Modern English (1500 – 1800);

10. Old, Middle and Modern English
Middle English Modern English
Old English

11. Recap:

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