History of the English language

        The history of the English language has come a long way from when it started. The English language underwent extreme changes in the Middle Ages. Through out the past 1500 years, English has been a language spoken by a few thousand people to one of the worlds most spoken languages, it is a world-wide and universal language understood by many. The english language is the language of worldwide technology and communication. The history of the English language is initially divided into four periods being old English from A.D. 450-1100, Middle English A.D. 1100-1500, Early Modern English A.D. 1500-1800 and Present-Day English 1800-present.


                             

        My favourite Middle English writtings were the Sonnets which are formal poems. They were extremely popular around this time and could possibly been sold for money depending on the importance of the sonnet. Two good sonnets are sonets by Anne Locke and Sir Phillip Sidney. Shakespeare was a big sonnet writter also. Sonnets are special because they are different then other poems, they consist of 14 lines, a strict rhyming scheme, Written in iambic Pentametermer which is a poetic meter with 10 beats per line made up of alternating syllables.


                            



       If it weren't for the other eras of english, we wouldn't be where we are today with our language. The english language has come a long way. Starting off with old english words changing over time to fit in with the way we talk now. The main difference between Early Modern English and Late Modern English is vocabulary. Late Modern English has many more words and the present day English has less words and the English language adopted foreign words from many other countries which makes the english language more universal.