English Language Timeline for language change over time 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageLanguage Change Over TimeA2/A-levelAQA Created by: ellieknight1205Created on: 19-02-18 09:21 What happened in 1066? Norman Conquest by William the Conqueror 1 of 18 When was Chaucer's work of the Canterbury tales published? 1380's 2 of 18 What period was the Great vowel shift? 1400-1600 3 of 18 When did William Caxton bring the printing press to England? 1476 4 of 18 What happened between 1564-1616? The words of William Shakespeare 5 of 18 When was the King James' Bible published? 1604 6 of 18 What also happened in 1604? Robert Caudrey released the table Alphabetical 7 of 18 When did the Mayflower set sail from Plymouth to Cape Cod? 1620 8 of 18 When was the English Civil War? 1642-1651 9 of 18 When did Johnathan Swift publish 'A proposal for correcting, improving and asserting the English Language'? 1712 10 of 18 What happened in 1755? Samuel Johnson released the English Dictionary 11 of 18 Who published 'A short introduction to grammar' and when? Robert Lowth in 1762 12 of 18 What did Noah Webster release and when? An American dictionary of the English Language in 1828 13 of 18 When did the Education Act come into place? 1870 14 of 18 When was the Oxford English Dictionary published? 1888-1928 15 of 18 When was the height of the British Empire? 1922 16 of 18 When was the BBC established? 1922 17 of 18 When did the internet come into homes? 1990s 18 of 18
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