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    American English is consistently changing it began with the Anglo-Saxon settlement. The next settlement that helped influence the English language was the Scandinavians which have some words with hybridization with spelling from Old English and Norse origins. During the Middle English period is when the most influencing happened with the Old English being broke down and replaced with the same English system we use today. During the early modern periods standardization began giving a standard for

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    Early Modern English started during the Renaissance, between 1500 and 1800, with the first edition of the King James Bible and the works of William Shakespeare. At this point, Elizabeth I came to the throne of England with a religious revolt, positioning her nation as Protestant. As a consequence, some of the literature during her reign reflected the tension, being the purpose of most of the works didactic. During the Renaissance, it appeared the printing press and started the voyages of exploration

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    English started as a West Germanic language spoken in England attributable to migration from the southern shores of the sea. The migrants are known as ‘Anglo-Saxons’ however there's doubt on whether or not it’s really their name. English shows a nearer respect to Frisian than to the types of German spoken within the sea areas of Germany, even within the earliest times. The stage of English from its creation by the Anglo-Saxons to shortly after the Norman Conquest was named ‘Old English’. The earliest

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    The English literature is the beauty , sense, feeling,and love . The poet expresses his feelings through literature. Also, maybe convey a message through poetry . The poet have a license which allows him to breaks the rules of the grammatical function this an advantage just only for them . .The poetry has many tools such as satire comedy ,tragedy and others The English literature went over several stages : Old English Literature (450-1066), Middle English literature (1066-1500),English Renaissance(1500-1660)

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    The following close reading concerns itself with the Middle English Breton Lay Sir Degaré, though speculative, the poem’s composition has been dated to the 14th Century and the poem survives in six manuscripts and three early printed editions, it is a romance of high antiquity, preserved in the Auchinleck MS. Some suggest that the poem takes clear inspiration from the Middle English translation of Marie de France’s Le Fresne: Lay le Freine. Moreover, some propose that Sir Degaré is more accurately

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    The middle ages refer to the time span approximately from the collapse of the Roman Empire to the Renaissance. English literature in the Middle Ages, covering works of more than eight hundred years from Caedmon’s Hymn(ca.658-80) to Everyman (ca.1510), evolved with the development of English language. In accordance of language development and historical watersheds, literature history consists of three periods: Anglo-Saxon England, Anglo-Norman England and Middle English literature in the fourteenth

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    Fortunes: Men and Women of the English Middle Class, 1780-1850. The novel, Family Fortunes bickers that men and women of the middle class had accepted distinctively colorful class identities, particularly the language of class configuration was gendered. Mostly all social associations were gendered. The affiliations between the sexes were planned by property behavior. During the eighteenth century, determined middle-class people asserted moral capacity for themselves. The middle-classed people had religious

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    Middle vs. Modern English in The Canterbury Tales As its name suggests, Middle English is the language that was spoken in the country of England around the 12th to 15th centuries. Middle English became the prominent language in England near the end of the 11th century shortly after the Norman invasion by William the Conqueror in 1066. Unlike England's preceding language, Old English, Middle English evolved into much more of a written language. There were many writers and educated English scholars

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    Effect of the Normans on Middle English The year 1066 had a resounding impact on the course of English history. William the First, Duke of Normandy, conquered England and took it as a stronghold in his reign. The French rule over England lasted for several centuries and brought about innumerable changes to the English state, language, culture and lifestyle. William imported French rulers to take over English government and religious posts. The French were not only the new aristocracy in England

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    Faculty of Letters Department of English THE NORMAN CONQUEST AND THE FRENCH INFLUENCE ON MIDDLE ENGLISH SENTENCE OUTLINE I. INTRODUCTION General aspects about the origin of the English language Brief presentation of the Norman Conquest II. ENGLISH, FRENCH, LATIN - THREE LANGUAGES IN USE Aspects of the social and political transformations occured after the Conquest The roles of each on the three languages in the society of the time III. FRENCH INFLUENCE ON ENGLISH SPELLING AND PRONOUNCIATION

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