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The history of the English language begins many thousands of years ago with the linguistic ancestor it shares with dozens of European and Asian languages. Let's begin with that pre-history of English, then learn about Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English and Present Day English.
In this video you'll learn about where English came from, what impact the Vikings had on our language, what the Normans did to English, why Middle English is so weird, how the printing press affected how we spell, what the Great Vowel Shift did to pronunciation, how Shakespeare changed English, and how colonialism and the technology age have changed how we speak.
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Proto-Indo-European: https://youtu.be/IeAx3QZ7eRs?si=TBAzCHrEm87sNOID
English runes: https://youtu.be/4npuVmGxXuk?si=sng7jdv2ESb7pqP2
French influence on English: https://youtu.be/TUL29y0vJ8Q?si=bVeiYD055D09mEVH
The Great Vowel Shift: https://youtu.be/fmL6FClRC_s?si=31w2_37tjEvhJnJi
The printing press: https://youtu.be/Syp1DVQgN_g?si=PzPsgDc6nVIRbkp3
Shakespeare's words: https://youtu.be/z_UtRe9DgvE?si=npx2sZHeYMONVSLz
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==CHAPTERS==
0:00 Introduction
0:05 Proto-Indo-European
1:28 Proto-Germanic
5:48 OLD ENGLISH
8:19 Vikings
9:57 Normans
11:06 MIDDLE ENGLISH
12:43 Printing press
14:39 Great Vowel Shift
15:33 EARLY MODERN ENGLISH
16:26 Shakespeare
17:20 Colonialism
18:00 Johnson's dictionary
19:30 MODERN ENGLISH
21:08 English is changing