What I learnt today: During the 12th century the English language started to become more individual due to the Hundred Years War, The influence of the French language is still there but has declined sufficiently. The Printing press first started in 1476 as William Caston invented an object that would print text onto paper instead of everything having to be hand written, this was a major step towards a standard writing system. Scottish english is now a distinct dialect with words such as "aye" entering their vocabulary.
Latin had a major influence at this time and words such as "conspiracy, genius and incredible" were included in the new vocabulary. Shakespeare and literature developed majorly during 1500's to 1650. The classical language and literature developed in studies relating to medicine art and sceince and the first Shakespeare play was published in 1623. In 1611 the first english translation of the bible was introduced due to King James, King of Scotland and England at two different times of his life, leading to the unison of both countries.
Dictionaries: Since the 1500's dictonaries have improved dramatically, it was first introduced to earn more respect and to improve the representation of England being an educational, intelligent country, possibly to further their individuality. The first Oxford dictonaries allowed multiple meaning and pronounciations to be seen and this was introduced between 1879 and 1928. Since then it has further improved by being able to use OED online and being able to search for meanings or matching a word to a meaning online. I think that Dictonaries have improved dramatically through history and time.
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