Events That Shaped English

• The Anglo-Saxons

WHEN? 5- or 6th Century

WHY? They settled in England

HOW?  They gave it it's name - Engla land (¨land of the Angles¨), and it's language - Englisc

• 1066 and after

WHEN? 1066 and after

WHY? The battle of Hastings,  Old English broke down

HOW? They added many new words (loanwords from French and Latin)

• Scandinavian Settlement

WHEN? 9th Century

WHY? Because Norse had a grate influence on English

HOW? Norse added words such as take and they to the English language

• Standardization

WHEN? Late medieval and early modern periods

WHY? The Grate Vowel Shift (change in the pronunciation of English occurred)

HOW? The London standard (dialect) became dominant in particulary in printed scrips/spelling

• Colonization and Globalization

WHEN? After the 15th Century (globalization now)

WHY? English became a world wide language

HOW? During the colonization, the english language spred trough out the world.