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Invasion of the Normans. In 1066 The Normans built a chain
of them to impose their
rule on the country. In the
three centuries after the
conquest, about 1 0,000
French words colonized
the English language.
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The first great poem in the 10 century The beginning of a
English language glorious tradition. The
poems celebrated the glory
days of the Germanic
tribes
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Vikings 12 century The Vikings may seem
romantic reenacting their
rituals. English was
written down as a uniquely
among European dialects

QUESTIONS:

1. - What characteristics have the story of the English language?
It has the characteristics of a bold and successful adventure, tenacity, luck, near extinction
on more than one occasion, dazzling flexibility, and an extraordinary power to absorb.

2. - Where English became a commanding, unifying language in a country of a
thousand tongues?
In India

3. - How started the English language?
It started as an incomprehensible, cultural, tribal dialect, seemingly isolated in a small
island.

4. - What words from the Celtic languages that survive into modern English?
We have "crag", meaning "rock", "coombe", meaning "deep valley", and dialect words like
"brat" and "brock" for "badger".

5. - Which are some words that have stayed more or less the same down the centuries?
Butter, bread, cheese, meal, sleep, boat, snow, sea, storm.

6. - What English words come from the Latin language?