Accents and Dialects
Dialect - A specific variety of english defined by grammer, lexis and phonlology
Accent - Differences in sound patterns of a specific dialect
Early origins of english
5th Century - The Anflo saxons invasion
- 4 major dialects - West Saxon, Northumbria,kentish and mercian
- Cornish, Welsh and Cubric languages develop.
- 449 AD, the angles, saxons and jutwa began to arrive in the UK.
- Words from this era include - candle, cucumber, cheese, elephant, street and wine.
8th century the viking invasion
-English pronouns originated from this era.
-More than 1500 place names have originated by Scandinavia e.g. Yorkshire , Lincolnshire
-examples of words - awkward, band, bull, steak and want.
1066 The Norman Conquest
-latin and french had a huge influence
-words like - administration, miracle and councilm liberty, confess, army and battle
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