Roman empire

Catholic church

Slavery

Army

Latin Germanic

Old english

Formality

Celtic

English

IrishScotishAngles

French

French

Old English

Latin

Other Germanic

Other

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In conclusion, on the one hand Old English andScandinavian words declined in terms ofquantity. On the other hand French, Latin andOther Languages showed development andstability in their contribution to the EnglishLanguage. In other words, as timepassed, English gained formality because of theinfluences of other countries.

CHANGES

External Internal

ChanceNecesity

Linguistic

PrescriptiveRules

Schools

RelativePronouns

3rd. Person

Identity

LanguageContact

Political

Social

Geographical

Economical

Historical

Migrations

Endings GrammaticalWords

Verbs

Nouns

Prepositions

Pronouns

Latin+CelticStreetDover

LatinAbbot

ScandinavianEggGive

French+LatinStateJudge

Latin+GreekEmancipatePharmaceutic

Modern English1700- 2012

Early English1500-1700

Middle English1150-1500

Old English450-1150

English

VarietiesStyles

Colloquialor

Informal

•Speech• Slang

Formal

•School• Journalyst

•Grammar• Dictionaries

RegisterRegional

Social

UpperClass

AfricanAmerican

Dialect•Occupation• Situation

Coputerengineers

Church

Chess