Writing 2210F/G Lecture 3: History and Parts of Speech
13 Feb 2017
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Old english existed in varieties: four major dialects. West saxon (the rest of southern england) Mercian (cid:523)(cid:494)the midlands(cid:495) between london/thames and the (umber river(cid:524) In medieval europe, a (cid:494)standard(cid:495), literary, (cid:494)official(cid:495) version of oe emerged, based on. They would have trouble communicating with each other late west saxon. This was lost with the invasion of england by the norman french in 1066 alongside latin. Writing was changed in written form, and in turn began to influence and change spoken language. French is the (cid:494)official(cid:495) language of england roughly from then to (cid:883)5(cid:882)(cid:882) Beginning after (cid:883)(cid:884)(cid:882)(cid:882), (cid:494)england(cid:495) begins to re-emerge as a national power (separate from normandy/france), and with a new nationalism and a re-emergence of english (in the form of middle english) among the upper/ruling class. The use of english, in literature/religion/law/education/politics increases slowly, alongside latin and at expense of french. By 1500, english is officially the language of record in england, alongside latin.
