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Lesson 2 History

This lesson plan covers the history of the English language from its origins to modern times. It discusses [1] the genealogical classification of English as an Indo-European language in the Germanic family based on Grimm's Law from 1786. It then [2] outlines the major periods of English: Prehistoric English, Old English from 450-1100 AD following the arrival of Germanic tribes in Britain, Middle English from 1100-1500, Early Modern English from 1500-1800 and Late Modern/Modern English from 1800 onward. [3] It also mentions important early scholars like Bede who studied English and key events like the Scandinavian invasions that influenced the development of the language.

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Lesson 2 History

This lesson plan covers the history of the English language from its origins to modern times. It discusses [1] the genealogical classification of English as an Indo-European language in the Germanic family based on Grimm's Law from 1786. It then [2] outlines the major periods of English: Prehistoric English, Old English from 450-1100 AD following the arrival of Germanic tribes in Britain, Middle English from 1100-1500, Early Modern English from 1500-1800 and Late Modern/Modern English from 1800 onward. [3] It also mentions important early scholars like Bede who studied English and key events like the Scandinavian invasions that influenced the development of the language.

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Lesson Plan

Subject and objectives of the course


Studying History of Languages
Genealogical classification of languages
Grimm’s Law
Periodization of history of the EL
Prehistoric English
Description of historical
development of the English
language
No researches in history
of languages until the end
of XVIII century

Information from
treatises in history

Bede the Venerable: “The


Ecclesiastical History of
the English People” (731)
1786 → William
Jones → Sanskrit EL →
& modern Indo-European
European language family →
languages → Germanic group →
common Indo- West Germanic
European Proto- branch →
Language → Low West Germanic
genealogical sub-branch
classification
Correspondences
1822 → Jacob
Grimm →
p→f
correspondences
between Sanskrit /
Greek / Latin and
t→Þ
Germanic
languages d→t
Prehistoric English

Old English

Middle English

Early Modern English

Late Modern English

English of Today
Brythonic / Celtic language

Before AD V century
1. https://www.britannica.com/topic/English-language

2. Crystal, D. (2005). The Stories of English. New-York:


Harry N. Abrams
HISTORY OF LANGUAGE

Lesson 2
Chronology & historical events
Dialects of Old English
Peculiarities of the language:
- phonetic
- grammatical
- lexical
Records
≈ AD 450-1100
Roman conquest

Germanic tribes

Scandinavian invasion
≈ 55-43 BC - AD 440
Romanization
Roman
civilization

Christianity

Latin language
≈ AD 449
Jutes – north of Denmark (Jutland)
Destroying Roman

Influences
civilization
Angles – south of Denmark – north of Organization of
Germany society

English language
Saxons – modern Germany
CELTS: Germanic
tribes → Saxons

ANGLO-SAXONS:
Celts → Wealas (foreigners)

LATIN AUTHORS: Saxons


→ Angli / Anglia → Englisc
≈ AD VIII-X centuries

Vikings speaking Old Norse started


changing the structure of the English
language
• North of the Humber
Northumbrian • Spoken by Angles

• Between the Humber and the Thames


Mercian • Spoken by Angles

• West Saxon Kingdom (southwest)


West Saxon • The only dialect with records

• Southeast of Britain
Kentish • Spoken by Jutes
Baugh, A.C., Cable Th. (2012). A History of the English
Language. Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge
Brinton, L.J., Arnovick, L.K. (2017). The English
Language: A Linguistic History. Oxford: Oxford
University Press

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