Linguistics Unit

2. English belongs to this group of languages.
4. Invaders who arrived around 750 BCE--before the Romans.
8. Tribe from what is now Denmark. For some reason, their name is not part of "Anglo-Saxon."
9. The language of William Shakespeare.
12. This duke from Normandy invaded Britain in 1066.
13. Language of the Roman Empire.
14. Final letter of the Greek alphabet.
15. Another term for Anglo-Saxon."
16. Celtic, Greek, Latin, and Sanskrit all belong to this superfamily of languages.
17. Inhabitants of the isle of Britain since before the dawn of history.
18. Scandinavian invaders who almost overran the Anglo-Saxons.
19. This spread throughout Europe as more materials were available for people to read.
21. Poet who wrote The Canterbury Tales.
22. This group of people brought the French influence to the English language.
24. First letter of the Greek alphabet.
25. This invention made books more widely available.

1. Germanic tribe whose name became the basis for the name of our language.
3. Another term for "Old English."
5. The study of language--and the name of this unit.
6. The language of Geoffrey Chaucer.
7. Italian, Spanish, French, and Portuguese belong to this group of languages.
10. Vater, pater, and pitar are all related to this English word.
11. Samuel Johnson compiled this, and it served as a guide so writers and printers used standardized spelling.
17. Island the has three countries: England, Scotland, and Wales.
20. Mater, mutter, and mitar are all related to this English word.
23. Tribe from northern Germany who, with two other tribes, invaded England during the 400's CE.