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| about how long ago was the english language first written? |
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| many of the worlds languages have evolved from the what language? |
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| what, is a distinct version of a language? |
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| the Angles and Saxons invaded Britain at what time? |
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| the anglo-saxon language and dialects evolved into the language commonly called.... |
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| list 2 similarities between old english adn our current modern english |
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| forms pluarls, and irregular verbs/forms |
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| beginning in the year 1066 french was britains offical language of.... |
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| governments, buisness, and law |
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| this development began as a result of the, what, invasion? |
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| a blending of french and the language of the common people on england developed as ..... english? |
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| in 1476, who set up the first printing press? |
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| as the language evolved from spoken form into written form, it became necessary to standardize what? |
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| two additional factors that influenced modern english are: what? |
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| expansion into an international language and scientific revolution |
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| a difference between american and british english is that american english has been influenced by what? |
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| native americans, africans, and immiigrants |
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| how many people speak english worldwide? |
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| english is the offical language of how many nations and territories? |
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| english is the offical language of what 5 things? |
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| diplomacy, science, technology, avaition, and internation trade |
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| how many words are in the english language? |
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| _____ dialects in the U.S. include Northen, southern and western, midland |
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| these dialects invole different ______ of words? |
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| ____ dialects are used by people of the same cultural heritage |
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| the most widely used American ethnic dialects are: |
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| african american vernacular english, and hispanci vernacular english |
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| _____ are the informal words and phrases of conversational language. |
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| an example of a colloquialism would be a ___ __ ______ that isnt meant to be taken literally. |
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| when julius ceaser conquered england, he brought the ___ language with him |
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| three tribes the settled english were : |
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| angles, saxons, and jutes |
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| today, the english that we use is a combination of: |
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| the average 8th grader use ____ wordsin a typical day. |
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| william shakespear used ____ different wordsin his career. |
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| Geoffrey Chaucer wrote the canterbury tales in _____ english |
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| norman conquest happened when? |
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| from about ____ england began to re-estbalish its self as a country with its own language. |
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| from about 1440 : ____ invented the printing press |
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| through the 1500's and 2600's: many ____ and _____ words were imported into enlgish during this time |
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| a figure of speech: an informal phrase |
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| a distinct version of language influenced by vocabulary, grammar, and pronuciation |
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| language determined by audience, purpose, and occasion |
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| language used before 1066: evlved from anglo-saxon english |
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| language used from 1066-1476 |
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| language used from 1476 to present day (2012) |
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| common, everyday language |
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