English Language-Language change and attitudes
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When was the Old English period?
450-1150AD
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When was the Middle English period?
1150-1500AD
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When was the Early Modern English period?
1500-1700AD=English begins to resemble the English we recognise today
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When was the Modern English period?
1700-present
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What language was present in the Middle English Period?
In the years after the Norman conquest, French was the prestige language.
Religious texts paraphrased Biblical Gospels from Latin, popular poetic ballads, private letters
Allow us to trace what degree of standardisation was existent in this period
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