Middle English (abbreviated to ME) is a form of the English language that was spoken after the Norman Conquest of 1066, until the late 15th century. The...
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The Middle English Dictionary is a dictionary of Middle English published by the University of Michigan. It comprises roughly 15,000 pages with a comprehensive...
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The term Middle English literature refers to the literature written in the form of the English language known as Middle English, from the late 12th century...
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The Middle English creole hypothesis is a proposal that Middle English was a creole, which is usually defined as a language that develops during contact...
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debated. Old English evolved into Middle English, which in turn evolved into Modern English. Particular dialects of Old and Middle English also developed...
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corpus of Middle English. The dialects of Middle English vary greatly over both time and place, and in contrast with Old English and Modern English, spelling...
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early Middle Ages. It developed from the languages brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlers in the mid-5th century, and the first Old English literary...
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underwent a gradual transition into Middle English. While Anglo-Norman or Latin was preferred for high culture, English literature by no means died out,...
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Anglian dialects had a greater influence on Middle English. After the Norman conquest in 1066, Old English was replaced, for a time, by Anglo-Norman, also...
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/uː/ to Middle French /yː/, becoming Middle English /iw/ and then Modern English /juː/. Affects Q, U. the inconsistent lowering of Middle English /ɛr/ to...
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Middle English Bible translations covers the age of Middle English (c. 1100–1500), beginning after the Norman Conquest (1066) and ending about 1500. The...
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the English Interregnum and Restoration, or from the transition from Middle English, in the late 15th century, to the transition to Modern English, in...
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Most of these go back to the low vowel (the "short A") of earlier Middle English, which later developed both long and short forms. The sound of the long...
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are shifting since only the last quarter of the 20th century onwards. Middle English, as well as a small elite that spoke Anglo-Norman, was brought to Ireland...
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the late 7th century, including translations into Old and Middle English. The Old English language started first from the Angle-Jute-Saxon invaders/settlers...
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Middle English lyric a genre of English literature, is characterized by its brevity and emotional expression. Conventionally, the lyric expresses "a moment...
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parliament, and polite society. The English spoken after the Normans came is known as Middle English. This form of English lasted until the 1470s, when the...
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between rival factions of the English nobility. Henry VII's victory in 1485 conventionally marks the end of the Middle Ages in England and the start of...
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English, sometimes called United States English or U.S. English, is the set of varieties of the English language native to the United States. English...
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Western Christianity through the Middle Ages. Since then, the Bible has been translated into many more languages. English Bible translations also have a...
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In an English-speaking country, Standard English (SE) is the variety of English that has undergone codification to the point of being socially perceived...
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'Golden Age' of medieval English historiography, was during the High Middle Ages in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, when English chronicles produced...
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Chivalric romance in Middle English; considered part of the Matter of England. Believed to be the oldest extant romance in Middle English. Lady Godiva (13th...
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Language: Anglicisation English language English-speaking world Old English Middle English Early Modern English Cumbric language Cornish language Brythonic...
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descendant of Middle English, spoken in County Wexford Fingallian, another presumed descendant of Middle English, spoken in Fingal Euro English English in Denmark...
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Social class in the United Kingdom (redirect from English middle class)
and non-U English usage, with "U" representing upper and upper middle class vocabulary of the time, and "Non-U" representing lower middle class vocabulary...
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Modern English, sometimes called New English (NE) or present-day English (PDE) as opposed to Middle and Old English, is the form of the English language...
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government in the following century. Notwithstanding, some texts of early Middle English engaged in linguistic purism, deliberately avoiding excessive Anglo-Norman...
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Middle-earth is the setting of much of the English writer J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy. The term is equivalent to the Miðgarðr of Norse mythology and Middangeard...
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the grammar and syntax of Old English had almost completely deteriorated, giving way to the much larger Middle English corpus of literature. In descending...
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