LIGN 8 Lecture 11: English in the Americas
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Celtic influence: the first documented language in britain was a celtic language (500 b. c. e, celtic influences (it was a culture, not an empire) spread across much of central. Europe and into iberia and the british isles: meanwhile, the roman empire was expanding (and would later supersede celtic culture across most of europe, 55 b. c. e. Julius caesar went to britain, brought back news of the people and brought back new of the people and their language: 114-220 c. e. Celtic morpheme but end with the roman caster" or chester" meaning. Middle english period the norman invasion (1066: the normans (french) took over england for several hundred years (1066 . Modern english (1500 > ce: european cultures rediscovered classical languages and cultures during the. English standardization: codification, the standard is codified in written english, dictionaries, style guides, standardized spelling, noah webster, grammarian and lexicographer of american english. Insisted the variety of english used in america should be known as.
