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Crystal, David (1988). The English Language. London: Penguin
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54 events from this source recorded
1476
Caxton introduces the printing press to England
1497
Cabot claims Newfoundland as British territory
1531
Elyot's 'The Governour' published
1549
The first "Book of Common Prayer"
1574
Death of John Hart
1584
First British settlement in North America at Roanoke
1604
Robert Cawdrey publishes 'A table Alphabeticall'
1607
Establishment of first permanent British colony in North America at Jamestown, Virginia.
1611
King James Bible
1614
Life of John Wilkins
1620
'Pilgrim Fathers' arrive at Cape Cod
1635
Academie Francaise established
1649
Cromwell's campaign in Ireland
1712
Swift publishes 'Proposal for Correcting, Improving and Ascertaining the English Tongue'
1721
Bailey's 'Universal Etymological English Dictionary' published
1755
Johnson publishes 'A dictionary of the English Language'
1758
Life of Webster
1762
Lowth publishes "Short Introduction to English Grammar"
1795
Lindley Murray's 'English Grammar, adapted to the different classes of learners' published
1803
Act of Union with Ireland
1828
Webster publishes "An American Dictionary of the English Language".
1840
New Zealand made a colony of Britain
1876
Spelling Reform Association formed
1879
"Society Small Talk"
1908
Simplified Spelling Society founded
1944
Thorndike and Lorge's 'The Teacher's Word Book of 30,000 Words' published
1947
Orwell's 'Politics and the English Language'
1948
Orton & Dieth's survey of English dialects
1949
Spelling reform bill defeated in British Parliament.
1954
Gower's 'The complete plain words' published
1959
Pitman's Initial Teaching Alphabet
1962
Orton et al's 'Survey of English Dialects'
1967
'Dictionary of Jamaican English'
1968
Quirk's 'The Use of English' 2nd edition
1976
Barber's "Early Modern English"
1976
Flexner's "I Hear America Talking"
1978
Order requiring government orders to be written in plain English
1978
Baugh & Cable's "A History of the English Language" 1st edition
1979
The Plain English Campaign founded
1980
Michaels & Ricks' "The State of the Language"
1981
'Seaspeak' project set up
1981
Plain English order revoked
1982
Bailey & Gorlach's "English as a World Lnaguage"
1982
Trudgill & Hannah's "International English: A Guide to Varieties of Standard English"
1983
Leith's "A Social History of English"
1984
Platt, Weber and Ho's "The New Englishes"
1985
Burchfield's "The English Language"
1985
"English Today" founded
1985
Greenbaum's "The English Language Today"
1985
Quirk & Widdowson's "English in the World"
1986
Kachru's "The Alchemy of English"
1986
Viereck & Bald's "English in Contact with Other Languages"
1987
Lass's "The Shape of English: Structure and History"
2002
McCrum et al's "The Story of English"
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