Ardian Sallauka 25/12/2015
Middle English
Middle English language was spoken in England between 1100 and 1500, and it is considered to be the ancestor of modern English, the language used nowadays. Middle English was divided into three main periods: Early Middle English 1100-1250, the Central Middle English 1250-1400 and finally the Late Middle English from 1400 to 1500.
Early Middle English: It was known as the Norman invasion period and as the period of English in decline. Many things happened during this period but the most important ones were: changes in literature grammar and vocabulary. While the transition was happening from Old to Middle English during the …show more content…
Inflections, more precisely the basic lines that appear in Modern English were established during this time. The replacement of normal gender in Middle English for grammatical gender, the loss of the old system of declensions in the adjective and noun and, mainly, in the pronoun, were some of the most important characteristic of this time. London dialect which was a literary dialect spoken during this time started to spread with great speed, and many native English speakers found it better than the one used before.
Dialects also had great importance for the development of English and when it comes to dialect during this time English was very rich, but they were divided into three main groups:
Northern: a dialect which evolved very fast, the inflections of nouns and verbs were reduced by the end of the 1300, and some rules remained the same in Modern English including its syntax. A great number of Scandinavians were established in northern and northeastern England and caused such changes in English. Scandinavian who spoke Old Norse were told to speak Old English but in some parts they displaced completely the preexisting English and didn’t have enough contact to learn Old English, and as a result they learned it very badly, which lead to an English with different features of Old
Middle English
Middle English language was spoken in England between 1100 and 1500, and it is considered to be the ancestor of modern English, the language used nowadays. Middle English was divided into three main periods: Early Middle English 1100-1250, the Central Middle English 1250-1400 and finally the Late Middle English from 1400 to 1500.
Early Middle English: It was known as the Norman invasion period and as the period of English in decline. Many things happened during this period but the most important ones were: changes in literature grammar and vocabulary. While the transition was happening from Old to Middle English during the …show more content…
Inflections, more precisely the basic lines that appear in Modern English were established during this time. The replacement of normal gender in Middle English for grammatical gender, the loss of the old system of declensions in the adjective and noun and, mainly, in the pronoun, were some of the most important characteristic of this time. London dialect which was a literary dialect spoken during this time started to spread with great speed, and many native English speakers found it better than the one used before.
Dialects also had great importance for the development of English and when it comes to dialect during this time English was very rich, but they were divided into three main groups:
Northern: a dialect which evolved very fast, the inflections of nouns and verbs were reduced by the end of the 1300, and some rules remained the same in Modern English including its syntax. A great number of Scandinavians were established in northern and northeastern England and caused such changes in English. Scandinavian who spoke Old Norse were told to speak Old English but in some parts they displaced completely the preexisting English and didn’t have enough contact to learn Old English, and as a result they learned it very badly, which lead to an English with different features of Old