ThedevelopmentoftheEnglishlanguage.ppt

单击此处编辑母版标题样式,单击此处编辑母版文本样式,第二级,第三级,第四级,第五级,*,The Development of the English Language,I.The Developmental Periods of the English Language,Old English:450 A.D.1150,Middle English:11501500,Modern English:Early,15001700,Late,1700today,II.The foundation of the English language and Literature,Prehistory or Pre-English History of Great Britain,The language of,Celtic,is generally considered as the earliest and the only pre-English language ever found in Great Britain.,Time list of English history until Anglo-Saxon period,Around,2000 B.C.,:time of,Palaeolithic,and Neolithic periods,called,Thule,;,500 B.C.,:Changed to,Britain,by,Brythonic,Celts;,43 B.C.,:came the Roman Conqueror,staying for about 4 centuries;,407 A.D.,:withdrew the Roman,leaving the Celts unprotected from the Barbarians;,449 A.D.,:German armies were invited to help Celts,but after fought off the Barbarians,they decided to stay,and killed most of the Britons and ran the rest off to the barren side of Britain.,B.The Beginning of Old English and English Literature(449 A.D.),All Germanic tribes,Four Dialects of the Old English,Northumbrian,(Angles),Mercian,(Angles),Kentish,(Jutes),West Saxon,(Saxons),