SHifts in the development of the English language

The English language has developed and changed as the land of it's birth was invaded and conquered by many different peoples and languages. Those groups included the Celts, Danes, Anglo-Saxons, Germans, Norse, and the French. Each language brought new words, spellings, and grammar to the language. By the time Bede was writing his History of England the language had begun to standardize slightly, though differences did occur by regions. The dialects that develop in different regions were the result of the group that had the most influence over the region for a long period of time. An example of this would be that Bede's history was written in Old English in the dialect of Northern England, which received a heavy Norse and Celtic influence, while later and much further south, Marie de France's Lanval was influenced more by the French after the Norman invasion in 1066. Also the shift in the English language was caused by the need to standardize spelling for literature and speaking with the introduction of movable type and public schooling. In order to have a well ordered, controlled public, standards in language were needed, though dialects are still expressed through accents, and different stresses on syllables. The English language continues to evolve as more words from other languages are blended in each day, and new ones are created. An example of this would be the influx on Native American words into the English language with colonization in the New World and modern day acronyms used in computer messaging such a lol (laughing out loud). The language will continue to evolve as long as there are words and meaning to be included and changed.