DictationTalkSurvival of English LanguageⅠ
Introduction —(1) show(s) how English survivedⅡ
Five periods of its survival 1) 410 CE to the mid-8th century —(2) mercenaries coming and spreading their language among the Britons —center of (3): York in Northumbia 2) Mid-8th century to 899 —The Danes replaced the Anglo-Saxons to rule Northumbia, but were (4) by Alfred of Wessex
—Alfred’s (5) enabled most of the existing laws and literary works to be in English
3) 959 to 1066 —England was divided into (6) and English speaking areas
—Canute became ruler of a united kingdom
—Center was moved to London
—Edward succeeded Canute and English gave way to (7) 4) 1080 to the 17th century —Written English (8) before the advent of “Provision of Oxford”
—(9) English appeared in the 17th century