The Origins of English (AQA A-Level English Language): Flashcards

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The Origins of English
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Language family of English

Germanic

Tribes that founded English

Angles, Saxons, and Jutes

Old English period dates

c. 500-1100 AD

Year Viking invasions began

793 AD

Norman Conquest date

1066 AD

Norman Conquest's impact on vocabulary

Huge influx of Latin & French words

Great Vowel Shift period

1400-1600 AD

What Great Vowel Shift changed

Pronunciation of long vowels

Middle English period dates

1100-1500 AD

Nature of English standardisation

Social & political process, not natural

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