• The Great Vowel Shift was very influential on the spelling of English words. This shift occured during the entire period of the Early Modern English period.
  • Although Early Modern English looks modern on paper, there have been some changes in English pronunciation since the 16th and 17th centuries.
  • Chapter 6. Early Modern English: 1500-1700. Much like the Cely letters, the collection of letters written to and by Lord Lisle, his family, friends, and staff, provide...
  • This reprint may differ from the original in pagination and typographic detail. Please cite the original version. Early Modern English. Terttu Nevalainen.
  • Early Modern English is the stage of the English language used from about the end of the Middle English period (the latter half of the 15th century) to 1650.
  • The differences between the two are mainly the loss or change in meaning in Modern English of some words that were common in Early Modern English.
  • The individual character of early Modern English was recognised only in the second half of the twentieth century; see Gorlach¨ (1994) and Kastovsky (1994).
  • Early Modern English is the stage of the English language from late 15th century, to the transition to Modern English, in the mid-to-late 17th century. The verb.
  • Most consonant sounds of Early Modern English have survived into present-day English; however, there are still a few notable differences in pronunciation