History of germanic settlements in Britain

Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - Seminar paper from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Culture and Applied Geography, grade: 2,0, University of Kassel, language: English, abstract: Modern English is influenced by a great variety of different languages from the European continent, such as Latin, Saxon, several Celtic dialects, and many more. Still, the English language is a Germanic language, as Old English derives from Germanic dialects. To understand the English language better it may well be highly useful to understand exactly how and when the various Germanic tribes settled in Britain, and who they were.