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Origins of English Language

This course traces the development of the English Language, examining both its internal history (sounds, vocabulary, inflections, syntax) and its external history (political, social, and intellectual forces that have influenced that development at different periods). This study will take us from the question, "what is language and where does it come from?"
We speak English but do we know where it comes from?
What are the origins of the English Language?

The history of English begins a little after A.D. 600, in the Europe.

Between 1100-1200 many important changes took place in the structure of English.

Between 1400-1600 English underwent a couple of sound changes. In order to establish the language they develop a dictionary. The first English Dictionary was published in 1603.


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