Significant Events

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  • Created on: 04-04-19 09:40

787 - Influx of Norse Words from the Viking Invasion

1066 - The Battle of Hastings created the French Influx which brought 10,000 French loanwords

1350 - 1600 - The Great Vowel Shift

1476 - Caxtons Printing Press

  • Increased availability of literature as it became cheaper and numerous more texts printed for more readers
  • Chose local dialect of London
  • Helps with the standaridisation that began to occur in this period

1492 - Colombus discovered America (advancements in…

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