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Middle English describes dialects of English in the history of the English language between the High and Late Middle Ages,
or roughly during the three centuries between the late 12th and the late 15th century. Middle English developed out of Late
Old English in Norman England (1066–1154) and was spoken throughout the Plantagenet era (1154–1485). The Middle English period
ended at about 1470, when the Chancery Standard, a form of London-based English, began to become widespread, a process aided
by the introduction of the printing press to England by William Caxton in the late 1470s. By that time the variant of the
Northumbrian dialect spoken in southeast Scotland was developing into the Scots language. The language of England as used
after 1470 and up to 1650 is known as Early Modern English. Unlike Old English, which tended largely to adopt Late West Saxon
scribal conventions in the period immediately before the Norman conquest of England, written Middle English displays a wide
variety of scribal (and presumably dialectal) forms. This diversity suggests the gradual end of the role of Wessex as a focal
point and trend-setter for writers and scribes, the emergence of more distinct local scribal styles and written dialects,
and a general pattern of transition of activity over the centuries that followed, as Northumbria, East Anglia, and London
successively emerged as major centres of English literature, each with their own particular interests. Middle English literature
of the 12th and 13th centuries is comparatively rare, as written communication was usually in Anglo-Norman or in Medieval
Latin. Middle English became much more important as a literary language during the 14th century, with poets such as Chaucer
and Langland. |
Names (more)[ar] إنجليزية وسطى[az] ortacaq ingiliscə [bn] মধ্য ইংরেজি [bs] srednji engleski [br] krennsaozneg [bg] Средноанглийски език [ca] Anglès mitjà [cs] Střední angličtina [cy] Saesneg Canol [da] Middelengelsk [de] Mittelenglisch [el] Μέσα Αγγλικά [en] English, Middle (1100-1500) [eo] Meza angla lingvo [et] keskinglise [fa] انگلیسی میانه [fi] Keskienglanti [fr] Moyen anglais [fy] Middel-Ingelsk [ga] Meán-Bhéarla [gu] મિડિલ અંગ્રેજી [he] אנגלית תיכונה [hi] मिडिल अंग्रजी [hr] engleski, srednji [hu] közép angol [id] Bahasa Inggris Pertengahan [is] Miðenska [it] Medio inglese [ja] 中世英語 [kn] ಮಧ್ಯ ಇಂಗ್ಲೀಷ್ [ks] وَسطی اَنٛگریٖزۍ [ka] საშუალო ინგლისური ენა [ko] 영어, 중세 [lo] ອັງກິດກາງ [lv] vidusangļu [lt] Vidurio Anglijos [ml] മദ്ധ്യ ഇംഗ്ലീഷ് [mr] मिडल इंग्रजी [mk] средноанглиски [mt] Ingliż, Medjevali [ms] Bahasa Inggeris Pertengahan [my] အလယ်ပိုင်း အင်္ဂလိပ် [nl] Middelengels [nn] Mellomengelsk [nb] mellomengelsk [no] Mellomengelsk [or] ମଧ୍ୟ ଇଁରାଜୀ [pl] Język średnioangielski [pt] Inglês médio [rm] englais mesaun [ro] Limba engleză medie [ru] Среднеанглийский язык [sk] Stredná angličtina [sl] srednja angleščina [es] Inglés medio [sr] Средњи енглески [sv] Medelengelska [ta] மத்திய ஆங்கிலம் [te] మధ్యమ ఆంగ్లం [th] อังกฤษกลาง [tr] Ortaçağ İngilizcesi [uk] середньоанглійська [vi] Tiếng Anh Trung cổ [zh] 中古英语 |
Language type : Ancient
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