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Graca Martins

Chronology: History of English - 0 views

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    Chronology of Events in the History of English pre-600 A.D. THE PRE-ENGLISH PERIOD ca. 3000 B.C. (or 6000 B.C?) Proto-Indo-European spoken in Baltic area. (or Anatolia?) ca. 1000 B.C. After many migrations, the various branches of Indo-European have become distinct. Celtic becomes most widespread branch of I.E. in Europe; Celtic peoples inhabit what is now Spain, France, Germany, Austria, eastern Europe, and the British Isles. 55 B.C. Beginning of Roman raids on British Isles. 43 A.D. Roman occupation of Britain. Roman colony of "Britannia" established. Eventually, many Celtic Britons become Romanized. (Others continually rebel). 200 B.C.-200 A.D. Germanic peoples move down from Scandinavia and spread over Central Europe in successive waves. Supplant Celts. Come into contact (at times antagonistic, at times commercial) with northward-expanding empire of Romans. Early 5th century. Roman Empire collapses. Romans pull out of Britain and other colonies, attempting to shore up defense on the home front; but it's useless. Rome sacked by Goths. Germanic tribes on the continent continue migrations west and south; consolidate into ever larger units. Those taking over in Rome call themselves "Roman emperors" even though the imperial administration had relocated to Byzantium in the 300s. The new Germanic rulers adopted the Christianity of the late Roman state, and began what later evolved into the not-very-Roman "Holy Roman Empire". ca. 410 A.D. First Germanic tribes arrive in England. 410-600 Settlement of most of Britain by Germanic peoples (Angles, Saxons, Jutes, some Frisians) speaking West Germanic dialects descended from Proto-Germanic. These dialects are distantly related to Latin, but also have a sprinkling of Latin borrowings due to earlier cultural contact with the Romans on the continent. Celtic peoples, most of whom are Christianized, are pushed increasingly (despite occasional violent uprisings) into the marginal areas of Britain: Ireland, Scotland, Wales.
Graca Martins

Merriam-Webster Online - 0 views

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    What are the origins of the English Language? The history of English is conventionally, if perhaps too neatly, divided into three periods usually called Old English (or Anglo-Saxon), Middle English, and Modern English. The earliest period begins with the migration of certain Germanic tribes from the continent to Britain in the fifth century A.D., though no records of their language survive from before the seventh century, and it continues until the end of the eleventh century or a bit later. By that time Latin, Old Norse (the language of the Viking invaders), and especially the Anglo-Norman French of the dominant class after the Norman Conquest in 1066 had begun to have a substantial impact on the lexicon, and the well-developed inflectional system that typifies the grammar of Old English had begun to break down. The following brief sample of Old English prose illustrates several of the significant ways in which change has so transformed English that we must look carefully to find points of resemblance between the language of the tenth century and our own. It is taken from Aelfric's "Homily on St. Gregory the Great" and concerns the famous story of how that pope came to send missionaries to convert the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity after seeing Anglo-Saxon boys for sale as slaves in Rome: Eft he axode, hu ðære ðeode nama wære þe hi of comon. Him wæs geandwyrd, þæt hi Angle genemnode wæron. Þa cwæð he, "Rihtlice hi sind Angle gehatene, for ðan ðe hi engla wlite habbað, and swilcum gedafenað þæt hi on heofonum engla geferan beon." A few of these words will be recognized as identical in spelling with their modern equivalents-he, of, him, for, and, on-and the resemblance of a few others to familiar words may be guessed-nama to name, comon to come, wære to were, wæs to was-but only those who have made a special study of Old English will be able to read the passage with understanding. The sense of it is as follows: Again he [St. Gregory] asked w
Gloria Custodio

AP Central - The AP English Literature and Composition Exam - 1 views

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    Exam Content An English exam that included literature and composition was among the first AP offerings in 1956. In 1980, separate exams in AP English Language and Composition and AP English Literature and Composition were offered for the first time.
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    Exam Content An English exam that included literature and composition was among the first AP offerings in 1956. In 1980, separate exams in AP English Language and Composition and AP English Literature and Composition were offered for the first time.
Jenny Gilbert

BBC - GCSE Bitesize - English Literature - 8 views

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    Revise GCSE English Literature topics including poetry, drama, shakespeare and short stories, using videos, games, poetry slideshows and more.">2006-09-15T12:35:00Z
skip zalneraitis

ICTeD Services: Teaching Literature + Web 2.0 - 12 views

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    "Teaching Literature + Web 2.0 "
anonymous

Shmoop Literature: Summary, Analysis, Themes, Characters, Paper - 0 views

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    Shmoop wants to help you become a better lover (of literature and history). See many sides to the argument. Find your writing groove. Understand how lit and history are relevant today. We want to show your brain a good time.
Cindy Marston

Where to Find Free Literature and Literature Summaries - 1 views

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    Great list of books, poems, and audio books available for free on the web
Dana Huff

Media 21 Update: Literature Circles and Research Go Together Like Peanut Butt... - 8 views

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    Buffy shares tons of information and insights into pairing literature circles with research.
Dana Huff

LitWeb - Writing about Literature - 0 views

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    Great introductions to writing about literature and the various components of writing.
Hailee Halverson

LitCharts! | The world's best literature guides, created by the original editors of Spa... - 74 views

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    literature summaries
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    look here!
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    A very nice resource.
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    Created by the original SparkNotes editors, LitCharts are the world's best literature guides. Understand more, faster. Free!
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    litcharts r torrent of lit info nd summries,great notes
Dana Huff

YourEnglishClassDotCom » Blog Archive » Shakespeare, Macbeth, and "The Story ... - 5 views

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    "A Muse of Fire" from the BBC/PBS documentary The Story of English examines the number of words coined by Shakespeare.
Dana Huff

High School English - 14 views

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    English links and tools.
Cindy Marston

GoogleLitTrips - 1 views

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    A site that has Google Earth tours related to literature.
Dana Huff

Literary Themes from 93 Studios - 4 views

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    Good presentation on themes in literature.
Cindy Marston

60 Second Recap - 3 views

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    Tool to give a recap of great literature in 60 seconds. Videos of overview, setting, plot, etc.
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