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1623 Shakespeare's First Folio is published

1702 The first daily English-language newspaper,

The Daily Courant, is published in London.

1755 Samuel Johnson publishes his English
dictionary.

1776 Thomas Jefferson writes the American

Declaration of Independence.

1782 Britain abandons its American colonies.

1828 Webster publishes his American English Late

dictionary. Modern

1922 The British Broadcasting Corporation is English
founded.

1928 The Oxford English Dictionary is published.

FOR GREATER UNDERSTANDING

Questions

1. What support is there for the idea that Old English continued

to be spoken long after the Norman Conquest?
2. What was the most momentous grammatical change in the

evolution from Old to Middle English?
Suggested Reading

1. Аракин В. Д. История английского языка: Уч.
пособие. – 2-е изд. – М.: ФИЗМАТЛИТ, 2003. – 272

с . – C. 132-216.
2. Расторгуева Т.А. История английского языка: учебник /

Т.А. Растргуева. – 2-е изд., стер. – М.: Астрель: АСТ,
2007. – 275, [4] с.: ил. – На англ.яз. – С. 49-55.

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