Key dates of English language change

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Across
  1. 4. ,
  2. 5. , the popularity of this technology triggered word class shifts new vernacular and much more in 1990
  3. 7. , made English the language of the church in England
  4. 9. , distinguished American spelling and vocabulary from British
  5. 11. , the first english colony in North American
  6. 12. , in 1914 the breakdown of linguistic barriers led to borrowing of words and multilingualism
  7. 13. , made English education global and gave queens English prestige
  8. 14. , a book that gave English prestige and popularity published in the 1300s and later made more accessible
  9. 17. , popularized politically correct language
Down
  1. 1. , introduced more than 1700 new words to English in the 1600s
  2. 2. , Black American authors writing in AAVA gained popularity
  3. 3. , introduced by William Caxton in 1476 to England
  4. 6. , change in pronunciation of vowels from the 1400s to the 1600s
  5. 8. , English became the lingua Franca in business and politics because of this war in 1939
  6. 10. , a bloom of artistic scientific and musical talent in Italy France and the United Kingdom led to Greek and Latin integration in English along with some phrases
  7. 15. , in 1562 British began forcing African slaves from their languages and from literacy as well triggering creoles in the transatlantic______
  8. 16. , the British empire had linguistic economic and military control over countries such as India Jamaica Nigeria and much more creating new dialects