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18 Cards in this Set
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1476 Caxton |
The introduction of the printing press by William Caxton in England. Up to 20,000 books printed over next 150 years - slowed down rate of lang change |
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1450-1550 GVS |
The Great Vowel Shift indicated the transition into EME and was possibly caused by the intake of Romance languages. Vowel sounds became higher |
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1450-1650 The Renaissance |
English Renaissance - 'Shakespearean era' - introduction of Greek and Latinate language. |
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1604 - Cawdrey |
Robert Cawdrey produced the first ever single language dictionary with approximately 3000 words - the 'Table Alphabeticall' |
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1712 - Swift |
Jonathan Swift proposed an academy to fix and standardise the English language. He was a fan of the frozen Latinate languages. |
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1755 - Johnson |
Samuel Johnson - one of first dictionaries, 7 years to write, 43,000 entries, received praise from Italian & French Academies. |
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1788 |
colonisation of Australia begins |
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1828 - Webster |
Noah Webster's American dictionary of the English Language was produced. He also wrote 'Speller' which gave spelling guidelines for AE in 1783 |
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1620 |
Colonisation of the New World begins |
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1922 |
establishment of the BBC |
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1884- 1928 |
OED produced |
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1918 + 1939 |
World Wars |
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1337 |
100 years war - separation from French terms |
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1066 |
Norman Invasion of Britain - brought along influences of French and German |
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1167 + 1209 |
Oxbridge was formed - literacy rates increased |
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late 1600s |
Age of reasoning - increase of logic and facts in society - science, discoveries etc. |
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ME Chaucer |
French was the language of prestige, and so was incorporated into english- poet Geoffrey Chaucer |
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1500-1650 |
"Golden Age of English Literature" - 10-12,000 new words coined between 1500-1650. |
