Language
An introductory course for the
3rd year students
Roman influence
The word street in English comes
from Latin strata.
The Romans built the famous Roman
roads. They turned Londinium into a
sizeable port and important trading
centre.
Introduction of Christianity
In A.D. 597 St. Augustine and a
group of Missionaries settled in
Canterbury.
Monasteries were established all over
the country.
In less than a century England was
Christianized.
Northumbria was the centre of
monastic learning.
The Dialects of OE
Kentish Spoken in Kent (from the
Jutes in 7th century),
West Saxon The main dialect of
the Saxon group spoken in the rest of
England south of the Thames and the
Bristol Channel,
The Dialects of OE
Mercian from the Angles in Mercia,
spoken in the central region from the
Thames to the Humber,
Northumbrian from Anglian tribes
spoken to the north of Humber river
(7th century).