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Journal articles on the topic "English langauge Middle English, 1100-1500"

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Pašanbegović, Muhamed. "Major periods of borrowing words from other languages in the history of english." Zbornik radova Islamskog pedagoškog fakulteta u Zenici (Online), no. 2 (December 15, 2004): 207–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.51728/issn.2637-1480.2004.207.

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This paper presents a short overview of the history of the English language and its expansion through borrowing of words from other languages. The borrowed words are referred to as ‘loanwords’. Unlike any other language, English vocabulary consists of 70% ‘loan words’. The history of English and thus ‘borrowing’ is divided into four periods: Old English Period (500-1100), Middle English Period (1100-1500), Early Modern English Period (1500-1800) and Late Modern English Period (1800-present). Each of the four periods is discussed in terms of the influential languages that dominated these period
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Nasimova, Sohiba Yaxyaevna. "ANALYZING DIALECTS AND WRITTEN DOCUMENTS IN MIDDLE ENGLISH PERIOD." Journal of Universal Science Research 1, no. 6 (2023): 458–63. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8029034.

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Middle English language, the vernacular spoken and written in England from about 1100 to about 1500, the descendant of the Old English language and the ancestor of Modern English.The history of Middle English is often divided into three periods: (1) Early Middle English, from about 1100 to about 1250, during which the Old English system of writing was still in use; (2) the Central Middle English period from about 1250 to about 1400, which was marked by the gradual formation of literary dialects, the use of an orthography greatly influenced by the Anglo-Norman writing system, the loss of pronun
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Khattab, Emran R. Al. "Vowel Harmony: An Historical Account." Advances in Language and Literary Studies 9, no. 1 (2018): 106. http://dx.doi.org/10.7575/aiac.alls.v.9n.1p.106.

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All languages change over time. English has undergone continuous change throughout its three major periods: Old English (roughly from 450 to 1100 AD), Middle English (from 1100 to 1500), and Modern English (from 1500 to the present). Sound is one of the most easily influenced parts of language to be subject to different changes. Sound change is inevitable and it is a live indication of the continuous growth of language. The evidence to prove the regularity and systematicity of sound change has been the main concern of linguists, This paper seeks to provide more evidence on how vowel harmony pl
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ELENBAAS, MARION. "Motivations for particle verb word order in Middle and Early Modern English." English Language and Linguistics 17, no. 3 (2013): 489–511. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1360674313000130.

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This article examines possible motivations for the choice of particle verb word order in Middle English (1100–1500) and Early Modern English (1500–1700). The word order alternation of Present-Day English particle verbs, which presents language users with a choice between verb–object–particle and verb–particle–object order, first emerged in Early Middle English (twelfth century). For Present-Day English, several studies (e.g. Gries 1999, 2003; Dehé 2002) have shown that the choice is influenced by a number of linguistic factors, such as the heaviness of the object (morphosyntactic factor) and t
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Hühn, Peter. "Eventfulness in English Narrative Fiction." ENTHYMEMA, no. 36 (March 11, 2025): 45–56. https://doi.org/10.54103/2037-2426/26848.

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This article is a contribution to the currently expanding field of diachronic narratology, i.e. the research into possible historical and cultural changes in the practice of narration, more precisely the question of how far the various narratological categories (which as such can be considered to be universal) underlie changes in their practical application in different periods and cultures. This article focuses specifically on the narratological category of the event analyzing and comparing the practical realization of eventfulness in two periods within the history of English narrative fictio
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Wårvik, Brita. "Discourse-Pragmatic Conservatism in Early Modern English Religious Prose: A Residue of Old English Narrative Style?" Narrative 33, no. 2 (2025): 122–40. https://doi.org/10.1353/nar.00014.

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ABSTRACT: The language of religion is typically characterized as conservative, as evidenced by the use of archaic forms and expressions. However, studies of religious prose during the Early Modern English period (1500–1700) have revealed great variation between genres and challenged this general view. Instead of morphosyntactic and lexical features, this paper focuses on another kind of linguistic conservatism, which could be called discourse-pragmatic conservatism. During the Middle English period (1100–1500), the ways of signaling narrative structure changed, which may reflect typological sh
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Pearsall, Derek, and J. A. Burrow. "Medieval Writers and Their Work: Middle English Literature and Its Background 1100-1500." Modern Language Review 81, no. 1 (1986): 164. http://dx.doi.org/10.2307/3728781.

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Albina, Zimberi. "THE INFLUENCE OF WORDS DURING THE NORMAN CONQUEST AND MIDDLE ENGLISH 1100-1500." September 28, 2022. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7121398.

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The English language, like all other languages, has evolved over time. Some of its modifications are the result of the natural process of change that all languages go through, while others are the result of language interaction. Foreign influences on English are so strong that it has evolved from a nearly pure language to a totally mixed one. French is the language that has had the most profound influence on English. The Norman conquest of 1066 brought the original inhabitants of the country into direct touch with the invaders' language, Norman French.
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Basile, Carmelo Alessandro. "Necessity modal development in Singapore English." English World-Wide, February 13, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/eww.22019.bas.

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Abstract Spoken in a multilingual environment characterised by continuous contacts with other languages, Singapore English (SgE) is a singular object of study. Its modal system has also been developing in independent ways compared to inner-circle varieties, e.g. British English, its historical ancestor. Different approaches have attempted to explain such developments, including the substratist and the grammaticalisation approaches. The present paper explores both these approaches with the aim of examining the role that they may have in the development of the (semi-)modal verbs of necessity in
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SYLVESTER, LOUISE, MEGAN TIDDEMAN, and RICHARD INGHAM. "Lexical borrowing in the Middle English period: a multi-domain analysis of semantic outcomes." English Language and Linguistics, June 11, 2021, 1–25. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1360674321000113.

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The Middle English period is well known as one of widespread lexical borrowing from French and Latin, and scholarly accounts traditionally assume that this influx of loanwords caused many native terms to shift in sense or to drop out of use entirely. The study analyses an extensive dataset, tracking patterns in lexical retention, replacement and semantic change, and comparing long-term outcomes for both native and non-native words. Our results challenge the conventional view of competition between existing terms and foreign incomers. They show that there were far fewer instances of relexificat
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Dissertations / Theses on the topic "English langauge Middle English, 1100-1500"

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Watson, Katherine. "The genius and construction of our Saxon poetry: old and middle English verse." Thesis, The University of Sydney, 2010. https://hdl.handle.net/2123/29224.

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Today, 'Anglo-Saxon origins, even in the educated or culturally Iiterate mind, remain a blank: nothing happened before 1066' 1. T. A. Shippey makes the point that the Anglo-Saxon world 'has no presence at all in modern life' ,2 particularly in contrast to the powerful presence of both the Viking World and the Arthurian one.3 England failed to retain or develop a flag, anthem, national symbology, etc., even in an era of violent European nationalism'.4 Why did England fail to develop an origin myth? Shippey suggests that England 'forfeited' its national identity in the nineteenth century, when '
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Greentree, Rosemary. "An annotated bibliography of the Middle English lyric /." Title page, contents and abstract only, 1999. http://web4.library.adelaide.edu.au/theses/09PH/09phg815.pdf.

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Sheen, Ding-Taou. "The historical development of reciprocal pronouns in middle English with selected early modern English comparisons." Virtual Press, 1988. http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/558329.

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In Modern English, EACH OTHER and ONE ANOTHER are morphologically fixed as reciprocal compound pronouns. The reciprocal construction has been developed and used in every period of the English language. The main purpose of this study, nevertheless, was to investigate the ways to express the notion of reciprocity in Middle English and Early Modern English.The morphological analyses of the citations demonstrate that Middle English employed a great variety of head words and phrases than does Modern English in reciprocal structures. EACH, EITHER, EVERY, and ONE most frequently appear as head words
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Rogers, Janine. "The woman's voice in Middle English love lyrics /." Thesis, McGill University, 1993. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=69671.

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Courtly love lyrics, like other courtly genres, are dominated by male-voiced texts that privilege male perspectives. In conventional courtly love lyrics, women are silenced and objectified by the male speaker. Still, a handful of women-voiced lyrics--"women's songs"--exist in the courtly love lyrical tradition. This thesis studies women's songs in Middle English and their role in the androcentric courtly love tradition.<br>In the first chapter, I discuss critical perspectives on conventional courtly representations of women. In the second chapter, I locate Middle English women's songs in liter
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Iyeiri, Yoko. "Negative constructions in selected Middle English verse texts." Thesis, University of St Andrews, 1993. http://hdl.handle.net/10023/2795.

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The objective of the present study is to investigate the historical development of negative constructions in ME verse and to provide a descriptive account of it. The central issues analyzed in this thesis are: (1) the usage of the negative adverbs 'ne', 'not' and some other negative elements such as 'never', 'no', etc.; (2) the occurrence of negative contraction as illustrated by 'nam' (< ne am) and 'nolde' (< ne wolde); and (3) the development and the decline of multiple negation. The thesis has both a chronological and a geographical perspective, since it examines changes in usage which took
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Clout, Karen. "Mi suete leuedi, her mi béne : the power and patronage of the heroine in Middle English romance." Thesis, McGill University, 1998. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=21202.

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This thesis examines the heroines in Middle English romances and argues that, like the noblewomen who lived in England during the Plantagenet period, they are not helpless princesses simply waiting to be rescued by the brave, strong hero. In fact, these heroines show an enormous amount of intelligence, ingenuity, perseverance, and strength of character. Many play a pivotal role in the hero's success in his quest by giving him a token, providing knowledge, or teaching him a lesson. Also, it is the heroines who provide the heroes with rewards after the quests are completed. The present thesis of
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Djordjevic, Ivana. "Mapping medieval translation : methodological problems and a case study." Thesis, McGill University, 2002. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=82856.

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The extent to which translation moulded Middle English romance as an emerging genre remains largely unexamined. In this dissertation I identify the principal methodological difficulties that have prevented scholars from giving due attention to this problem, and offer a case study in which I look at how translational procedures shaped the romance of Sir Beves of Hampton, a translation of the Anglo-Norman Boeve de Haumtone .<br>Having outlined the practical difficulties posed by the intricate textual tradition of Boeve and Beves, the multilingualism of medieval England, and the scarcity o
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McNamara, Rebecca Fields. "Code-switching in medieval England : register variety in the literature of Geoffrey Chaucer, Thomas Usk and Thomas Hoccleve." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2010. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.669980.

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Knox, Philip. "The Romance of the Rose in fourteenth-century England." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:d55e2158-a9ee-4bf2-b8e4-98d7e0c6a598.

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This thesis traces the afterlife of the Romance of the Rose in fourteenth-century England. Whether it was closely imitated or only faintly recalled, I argue that the Rose exercised its influence on fourteenth-century English literature in two principal ways. Firstly, in the development of a self-reflexive focus on how meaning is produced and transmitted. Secondly, in a concern with how far the author's intentions can be recovered from a work, and to what extent the author must claim some responsibility for the meaning of a text after its release into the world of readers. In the Rose, many of
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Neufeld, Christine Marie. "Xanthippe's sisters : orality and femininity in the later Middle Ages." Thesis, McGill University, 2001. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=38251.

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This dissertation contributes to medieval feminist scholarship by forging new insights into the relationship between gender theory and developing notions of orality and textuality in late medieval Europe. I examine three conventional satirical depictions of women as deviant speakers in medieval literature---as loquacious gossips, scolding shrews and cursing witches---to reveal how medieval perceptions of oral and textual discursive modes influenced literary representations of women. The dissertation demonstrates that our comprehension of the literary battle between the sexes requires a recogni
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Books on the topic "English langauge Middle English, 1100-1500"

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Marcin, Krygier, and Sikorska Liliana, eds. The propur langage of Englische men. Peter Lang, 2008.

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Thorlac, Turville-Petre, ed. A book of Middle English. Blackwell, 1992.

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Thorlac, Turville-Petre, ed. A book of Middle English. 2nd ed. Blackwell Publishers, 1996.

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Thorlac, Turville-Petre, ed. A book of Middle English. 3rd ed. Blackwell Pub., 2005.

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E, Lewis Robert, Williams Mary Jane, and Miller Marilyn S. 1954-, eds. Middle English dictionary. 2nd ed. University of Michigan Press, 2007.

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S, Haskell Ann, ed. A Middle English anthology. Wayne State University Press, 1985.

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1930-, Gray Douglas, ed. Middle English literature. Clarendon Press, 1986.

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J, Smith J., ed. An introduction to Middle English. Edinburgh University Press, 2002.

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Bergs, Alexander, and Laurel Brinton. Middle English. de Gruyter GmbH, Walter, 2017.

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Bergs, Alexander, and Laurel Brinton. Middle English. De Gruyter, Inc., 2017.

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Book chapters on the topic "English langauge Middle English, 1100-1500"

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Scase, Wendy. "Re-inventing the vernacular: Middle English language and its literature." In The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Literature 1100–1500. Cambridge University Press, 2009. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/ccol9780521841672.002.

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Horobin, Simon. "2. Origins." In The English Language: A Very Short Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/actrade/9780198709251.003.0002.

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Where does the English language come from? While English is distantly related to both Latin and French, it is principally a Germanic language. ‘Origins’ provides a brief history of the English language, highlighting a number of substantial changes, which have radically altered its structure, vocabulary, pronunciation, and spelling. It begins with Old English (AD 650–1100), then moves on to Middle English (1100–1500), which saw the impact of the French language after the Norman Conquest of 1066. The Early Modern English period (1500–1750) witnessed the biggest impact of Latin upon English, whil
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