Modern English
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Modern English is the current form of the English language, used worldwide since roughly the late 15th century and encompassing contemporary varieties such as North American English.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Modern English canonical | 2 |
| New English | 1 |
| Present-Day English | 1 |
Statements (91)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
form of English
ⓘ
natural language ⓘ stage of language ⓘ |
| follows | Middle English ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Modern English
ⓘ
surface form:
New English
Modern English ⓘ
surface form:
Present-Day English
|
| hasAncestor |
Anglo-Frisian languages
ⓘ
Middle English ⓘ Old English ⓘ Proto-Germanic ⓘ Proto-Indo-European ⓘ |
| hasAspectSystem |
perfect aspect
ⓘ
progressive aspect ⓘ |
| hasCaseSystem | largely lost nominal case ⓘ |
| hasDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
SVO basic word order
ⓘ
extensive vocabulary of French and Latin origin ⓘ fixed word order ⓘ largely analytic grammar ⓘ phonemic vowel length distinctions largely lost ⓘ reduced inflectional morphology ⓘ use of auxiliary verbs for tense and aspect ⓘ use of do-support in questions and negation ⓘ |
| hasISOCode |
en
ⓘ
eng ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily |
Germanic languages
ⓘ
Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| hasLexiconSize | very large vocabulary ⓘ |
| hasMoodSystem | indicative mood dominant ⓘ |
| hasNotableAuthor |
Charles Dickens
ⓘ
James Joyce ⓘ Jane Austen ⓘ John Milton ⓘ Mark Twain ⓘ Virginia Woolf ⓘ William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| hasPeriod |
Early Modern English
ⓘ
Late Modern English ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalEvent | Great Vowel Shift ⓘ |
| hasPronounSystem | distinct subject and object pronouns ⓘ |
| hasScript | Latin script ⓘ |
| hasStandardForm | Standard English ⓘ |
| hasStartTime |
circa 1500
ⓘ
late 15th century ⓘ |
| hasStatus |
most widely studied foreign language
ⓘ
official language in many countries ⓘ |
| hasSubfamily | West Germanic languages ⓘ |
| hasTenseSystem | past-present distinction with periphrastic future ⓘ |
| hasTypicalWordOrder | Subject-Verb-Object ⓘ |
| hasVariety |
American English
ⓘ
Australian English ⓘ British English ⓘ Canadian English ⓘ Caribbean English ⓘ Indian English ⓘ Irish English ⓘ New Zealand English ⓘ Nigerian English ⓘ North American English ⓘ Philippine English ⓘ Colloquial Singaporean English (Singlish) ⓘ
surface form:
Singapore English
South African English ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Celtic languages
ⓘ
Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ Anglo-Norman ⓘ
surface form:
Norman French
Norse ⓘ
surface form:
Norse languages
|
| influences | global lingua franca ⓘ |
| partOf | English language ⓘ |
| precedes | Future English ⓘ |
| usedAs |
international language of aviation
ⓘ
international language of business ⓘ international language of diplomacy ⓘ international language of science ⓘ international language of the internet ⓘ lingua franca ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Australia
ⓘ
Canada ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ India ⓘ Ireland ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Singapore ⓘ South Africa ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
global context ⓘ |
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
New English
this entity surface form:
Present-Day English