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The History of the English Langauage

Thursday, January 26, 2017 | 6:00pm - 8:00pm

HISTORY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE: THE FIRST THOUSAND YEARS We use it every day, but where does it come from? The English language has a long and twisting history which will be brought to life by Jim Glenn who brought us the History of Shakespeare.Jim returns to enlighten us about the very language we use every day. This presentation outlines the beginnings of the language focusing on the waves of invaders/settlers from the time of the Roman occupation of Britain beginning in the first century A.D. through the "Old English" period of the Anglo Saxons. Then we’ll look at the effects of the Norman invasion resulting in the period of "Middle English" that lasted until 1400s.

Location:
Birmingham Next