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Early Modern English (1450 - 1750 AD)
- Key Dates, People,
Events etc
- 1400 - 1600 Great
Vowel Shift
- long vowel sounds
less like French
- long vowel sounds
less like French
- 1476 William Caxton sets up
first British printing press
- uses Oxford-Cambridge-London
triangle/East Midlands dialect as
standard for spelling
- centre of learning, technology and power
- still had many variations
- prestige created
- centre of learning, technology and power
- uses Oxford-Cambridge-London
triangle/East Midlands dialect as
standard for spelling
- 1526 William Tyndale
prints translation of
the Bible
- Bible available to more
people in own tongue
- idioms and sayings
become part of language
- idioms and sayings
become part of language
- Bible available to more
people in own tongue
- 1534 Act of
Supremacy
- religious power given
to the throne
- religious power given
to the throne
- 1611 King James translation of
Bible published
- 1400 - 1600 Great
Vowel Shift
- Lexis
- 'Inkhorn' Terms
- from Latin and Greek as scientific
discoveries increased with need for new
words to describe new concepts and ideas
- some people liked, others opposed
- but both sides felt strongly
- Latinates
- from Latin and Greek as scientific
discoveries increased with need for new
words to describe new concepts and ideas
- Affixation and inheritance of
affixes from Latin and Greek
- neologisms created
- neologisms created
- Shakespearean influence
- Hyphenated compounds
- Neologisms
- Hyphenated compounds
- 'Inkhorn' Terms
- Semantics
- Archaic meanings
- Archaic meanings
- Grammar
- Shakespearean influence
- Grammatical Conversion
- Grammatical Conversion
- Random
punctuation
- Double Negatives
- Double Comparatives
- Archaic Pronouns
- Archaic Verb Endings
- e.g. "-eth" and "-est"
- e.g. "-eth" and "-est"
- Shakespearean influence
- Syntax
- Long, complex sentences
- Latin influcence
- Lots of subordinate clauses
- Lots of subordinate clauses
- Long, complex sentences
- Orthography
- Inconsistent, no standard
- however printing
had an influence
- some attempts made
- dependent on accent/dialect
- however printing
had an influence
- Interchangeable i/y and u/v
- Terminal 'e's
- Letter Doubling
- Inconsistent, no standard
- Phonology
- Great Vowel Shift
- may affect orthography
- may affect orthography
- Covert Prestige
- Great Vowel Shift
- Graphology
- Less decorated
- First printed letters
looked like handwriting
- Familiarity
- Familiarity
- Less decorated
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