1.1 Indoeuropean languages

1.2 Cognates.

1.2 Celtic subtratum.

1.3 Claudius.

1.3 Caesar.

1.3 English romanization.

1.3 Early Latin borrowings.

1.4 Germanic tribes.

1.4 Decadence of Roman Empire.

1.4 Germanic invasions of British Isles.

1.4 Anglo-Saxons.

1.4 Angles.

1.4 Saxons.

1.4 Jutes.

1.5 Christianization. 

1.5 Synod of Whitby

1.6 Viking’s invasions.

1.6 Danelaw.

1.7 Creation of Alphabet.

1.8 Aelfric.

1.8 Alfred.

1.9 Norman conquest.

1.10 Loss of French dominions.

UNIT 2

2.1 Middle English dialects.

2.2 Political,social and economic causes.

2.3 Caxton and printing press.

2.4 Influence of Chaucer.

2.5 Literary standard.

2.6 Chancery English.

2.7 Hart and Bullokar.Orthographic Reform.

2.8 Steele and Adison: Bearth of journalism.