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What are some things that influence language change?
______away from parent launguage groups. |
Migrating
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it starts with a M
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When happened when English came in conatct with other languages?
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language changed
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you dont need a hint for this!
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Where do linguists believe Indo-European speaking came from?
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the steppes of asia
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kinda like a stair/ step.
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Where did the nomadic people of Asia migrate to?
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south-persia, india
west- europe |
south and west. what areas?
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Early Britins, non-indo european spaekers with no written language built what?
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Stinehedge
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starts with an "s"
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The Celts were seperated into 3 groups. The Picts, Scots and Welsh. Where did each group come from?
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Picts-Scotland
Scots-Ireland Welsh-Wales |
not exactly what you'd expect.
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The Celtics had little inflence on English, but one example of their influence is shown wheere?
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In the place names of Britain.
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my name is julia
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Jjulius Ceaser invaded in what year?
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54 BCE
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Who built a wall as protection against Julious Cearser?
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the Hadrian's
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What written language and culture were brought over and adopted by the Brit's when Julious Ceasar invaded?
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Latin (Roman)
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its a dead language
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Where did England get its name?
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ANgleland from the Angle-Saxons
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WHat year did the Roman Empire collapse?
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409 AD
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4...
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What were the three main groups of angle-saxon invaders?
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angles, saxons,and jutes
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asj
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What was the key literature in Old English?
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Beowulf
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IN Beowulf, the warrior was from ______ and fought the gragon ________.
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Danes, Grendel
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D, G
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The Christian missionaries spoke what languges?
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Celtic and Latin
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theres 2
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What happened in 787-1042 CE?
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There was Viking invasions.
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V
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Where did the vikings invade? and from where?
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britain, scandanaia
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bs!
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What 2 languages did the Vikings bring with them?
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Early Danish and Norwegian
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dn
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what sound did the Vikings introguce to the english language?
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the "sk" sound. ex: skirt, skin
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ski
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The Norman conquest in 1066 CE brought over launguages in what launguage family?
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Italic
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I
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The Norman's invaded Britain from where, when, and under whom?
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France, 1066, William the conqueror
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willie!
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what languages did the norman's bring?
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French and Latin
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f, L
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What legend originates Middle English?
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Robin Hood
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Rob
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What language became dominant in the upper class circles and 40% of our words come from or come through?
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French
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f
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The invention of what led to increased literacy?
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the printing press
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no hint!
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Who was the key writer of middle english?
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geoffrey chacer
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canterbury
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stench meant what in french?
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aroma
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