Nature &Development of the English language: The English language‚ and indeed most European languages‚ traces it original roots back to a Neolithic (late Stone Age) people known as the Indo-Europeans or Proto-Indo-Europeans‚ who lived in Eastern Europe and Central Asia from some time after 5000 BC (different hypotheses suggest various different dates anywhere between the 7th and the 3rd millennium BC) The exact nature of the original Indo-European language was not known as no writings exist from
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have been minimal (Bryson 1990). Around A.D. 850‚ Vikings or Norsemen made a significant impact on the English language by importing many North Germanic words into the language. From the middle of the ninth century‚ large numbers of Norse invaders settled in Britain‚ especially in the northern and eastern areas and‚ in the eleventh century‚ a Danish (Norse) King‚ Canute‚ ruled England. The North Germanic speech of the Norsemen had a fundamental influence on English. They added basic words such
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pages we will do just that; it is my intent to understand and present the trickster through an analysis of the general trickster myth itself and then to explore the trickster within his habitat of three different and unique cultures: the Slavic Norsemen of the Scandinavian north and their trickster Loki‚ the Hopi Indian culture of Southwest
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dialects forms what linguists refer to as Old English or Anglo-Saxon. The word "English" was in Old English "Englisc"‚ and that comes from the name of the Angles. The Angles were named from Engle‚ their land of origin. Around 878 AD Danes and Norsemen‚ also called Vikings‚ invaded the country and English got many Norse words into the language‚ particularly in the north of England. The Vikings‚ being Scandinavian‚ spoke a language (Old Norse) which‚ in origin at least‚ was just as Germanic as Old
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VIKINGS IN AMERICA? who am I? Voyage to a new land The Vikings loved their stories – “sagas” – good to fill in the time in those long‚ dark winters. For a long time historians have known of stories which appear to describe Vikings traveling to America‚ although not everyone was convinced it really happened. We are going to take a closer look at the evidence‚ and investigate this for ourselves. Let’s start with a primary source‚ an extract from one of those ancient sagas: We join Leif Eriksson
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Chapter1- When Old Worlds Collide: Contact‚ Conquest‚ Catastrophe I. Peoples in Motion A. The United States is a nation of immigrants B. Even Natives of the country are immigrants from different countries who roamed the land as a strange new world. C. From Beringia to the Americas 1. Beringia is a piece of land that was created because of the glaciers that captured all of the water causing a piece of land to form which was then called Beringia. 2. Berinigia had very tough
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HISTORY OF ENGLISH LITERATURE Old English 496-1050 Middle English 1050-1500 Modern English 1500 onwards OLD ENGLISH Old English literature encompasses literature written in Old English (also called Anglo-Saxon)‚ during the 600-year Anglo-Saxon period of England‚ from the mid-5th century to the Norman Conquest of 1066. These works include genres such as epic poetry‚ hagiography‚ sermons‚ Bible translations‚ legal works‚ chronicles‚ riddles‚ and others. In all there are about 400 surviving manuscripts from
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there was a possibility for upward mobility. Individuals in Norse society were not doomed to live out their days in a particular social status‚ but were free to move from class to class. There were three set social classes in Norse society. Most Norsemen belonged to the middle class known as karls. Karls were the landowners‚ the farmers; the smiths (blacksmiths‚ locksmiths‚ etc.)‚ etc (Haywood‚ 2000). The highest level in the social hierarchy was known as the jarls‚ or the nobility. These people
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Сomponent of the UK - Scotland. Geographical position. Caledonia – a Roman name of Scotland‚ Land of Cakes – a name given to Scotland which is famous for its oatmeal cakes‚ is a country in the north of Britain. Its total area is 78800 sq. km. Besides Scotland includes several islands: the Outer and Inner Hebrides (Western islands) ‚ the Orkneys‚ Shetlands. Scotland is bounded on the west and north by the Atlantic ocean‚ on the east by the North sea‚ on the south by England and the Irish sea
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begins to attack the Geats because a. A cup (golden challis) was stolen from its hoard b. Its son was killed c. God makes him punish the faithless Geats 9. This poem relates the adventures of the a. Anglos and the Saxons b. Celts and the Norsemen c. Danes and the Geats 10. Herot is the home – Mead Hall (party hall) built by a. Grendel b. Hrothgar c. Beowulf 11. Comitatus is a. The bond between king and warrior b. Christian charity c. Courage in battle 12. When we first meet
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