Language Change Dates 3.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? English LanguageA2/A-levelEdexcel Created by: susieCreated on: 07-06-13 10:08 The Anglo-Saxon Invasion 450 1 of 23 Beowulf Written 700 - 1000 2 of 23 Norman Invasion 1066 3 of 23 End of the Norman Rule 1150 (aprox) 4 of 23 English Replaces Latin in School (bar Oxford and Cambridge) 1348 5 of 23 English Becomes Language of the Courts 1362 6 of 23 Wycliffe Bible 1389 7 of 23 Great Vowel Shift 1350 - 1700 8 of 23 Chancery Standard English 1400's 9 of 23 Printing Press Invented (in England) 1476 10 of 23 Canterbury Tales Published 1478 11 of 23 Renaissance 1500 - 1600 12 of 23 Tyndale Bible 1526 13 of 23 King James Bible 1611 14 of 23 Age of Reason 1650 - 1800 15 of 23 Daily Courant, First Newspaper Published in English 1702 16 of 23 Samuel Johnson Dictionary 1755 17 of 23 Robert Lowth 'A Short Introduction to English Grammar' 1762 18 of 23 Lindley Murrey publishes 'English Grammar' 1794 19 of 23 Noah Webster's Dictionary 1828 20 of 23 Elementary Education Act 1870 21 of 23 BBC Launched 1922 22 of 23 Plain English Campaign 1979 23 of 23
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