1、The History of English,Origin,449 A.D Jutes captured most land in Britain Anglo-Saxons conquered Celts,Then,Old English（450-1150）,1.Sharing many commons with west Germanic e.g. Water (O.E) = wasser (German),2.Having Latin words, because earlier merchants from Rome and the coming of Christian e.g. pi

2、por (O.E)= pepper (Mi.E) = piper (Latin),3.Being influenced deeply with old Norse, which brought by Scandinavian as they conquered at 9th century e.g. lagu (O.E) = law (Mi.E) = lag ( old Norse),4.Complicate change of words shape e.g. mona(=moon) was masculine, while sunne(=sun) was feminine and tung

3、ol(=star) was neuter,Middle English（1150-1450）,1.French became their official language for nearly 300 years, because of the conquest by Normans. 2.French was used by most upper class people, while English was spoken among the common people. 3.Though Frenchmen had captured the England, English brough

4、t a lot of words from French.,Modern English-(1450-1700- ),1. 1700 was a period of transition called “the Great Vowel Shift, which put profound influence on the middle English and modern English, especially on the Vowels. 2.English became more and more standardized and plain.,the GVS,Basically, the

5、long vowels shifted upwards; that is, a vowel that used to be pronounced in one place in the mouth would be pronounced in a different place, higher up in the mouth. The GVS has had long-term implications for spelling, the teaching of reading, and the understanding of any English-language text writte

6、n before or during the Shift.,-The Great Vowel Shift was a massive sound change affecting the long vowels of English during the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries.,-Because of the English Vocabulary was expended largely with many Latin and French words, English became colorful, graceful and rich; -Because of the clarity of sentence structure, and progress of