English has its roots in the languages of the Germanic peoples of northern Europe. During the Roman Empire, most of the Germanic-inhabited area (Germania) remained independent from Rome, although some … 查看更多內容

Middle English is the form of English spoken roughly from the time of the Norman Conquest in 1066 until the end of the 15th century.
For centuries after the Conquest, the Norman kings and high-ranking nobles in England and to … 查看更多內容

The first authoritative and full-featured English dictionary, the Dictionary of the English Language, was published by Samuel Johnson in 1755. To a high degree, the dictionary standardized both English spelling and word usage. Meanwhile, … 查看更多內容

The English language once had an extensive declension system similar to Latin, Greek, modern German and Icelandic. Old English distinguished … 查看更多內容

The Germanic settlers in the British Isles initially spoke a number of different dialects, which would develop into a language that … 查看更多內容

English underwent extensive sound changes during the 15th century, while its spelling conventions remained largely constant. Modern English is often dated from the 查看更多內容

Introduction
Over the last 1,200 years or so, English has undergone extensive changes in its vowel system, … 查看更多內容