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15 Cards in this Set
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Old English |
Created by German Tribes ▪ Jutes ▪ Angle ▪ Saxon |
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Celtic Language |
Used by British before English |
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Middle English |
By William the conqueror |
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LINGUISTIC CLASS DIVISION |
French - Higher English - Lower |
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Early Modern Shift |
▪The Great vowel shift and the Printing press was introduced |
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Printing Press |
Created by William Caxton |
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Results of Printing Press |
English was standardized , First english dictionary was created , People learned to read. |
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Beowulf |
Oldest epic poem on English , gives informations about England's past , Pagan story told by Christian author , has only one manuscript and was nearly destroyed. |
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Author of Beowulf |
Unknown |
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Type of Work / Literature of Beowulf |
Epic Poem |
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Language of Beowulf |
Old English |
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Time Written of Boewulf |
8th to 11th Century |
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Place where Beowulf was written |
England |
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Narrator of Beowulf |
Christian person |
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POV of Beowulf |
Third Person |
