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Year:
1362
Short description:
Parliament opened by speech in English for first time.
Medium description:
The Chancellor opens the British parliament in English for the first time.
Tags:
history of English
in Britain
Fennell, B. A. (2005). A History of English: A Sociolinguistic Approach. Oxford: Blackwell Publishing Ltd. [p.121]
Baugh, A. C. & Cable, T. (1993). A History of the English Language 4th edition. : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group [p.144]
Freeborn, Dennis (1992). From Old English to Standard English. Basingstoke: McMillan Publishers Ltd [p.60]
Crystal, David (2005). The Stories of English. London: Penguin [p.121]
McCrum, R. Cran, W. & MacNeil, R. (1992). The Story of English (2nd edition). London: Faber and Faber [p.78]