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Early modern English
The period of „Early Modern English“ was created to describe in a more precise way the changes the English language went through. ...
The amount of differences between “Middle English” and “Modern English” is so vast and called for an “in-between” stage.
The beginning of the “Early Modern English” period is either between 1400 and 1450 just after Chaucer and the beginning of the pronounciation shift or around 1500 after the printing revolution.
In the following I’ll give you some of the major circumstances caused the changed from “Middle English” to “Early Modern English”:
1. ... New words have been invented in order to describe the latest changes and inventions of English scientists, who continued the work of ancient scientists. ... The popularity of Shakespeare’s texts was another great influence on the development of the language
The major characteristics of the “Early Modern English” are:
1. ... The language changed randomly and quickly, which caused some critics to describe the English of those times as “unruly”, “corrupt”, “unrefined” or “barbarous”
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Approximate Word count = 858
Approximate Pages = 3.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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