Early Modern English

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historical stage of a language stage of the English language

Early Modern English is the stage of the English language used roughly between the late 15th and early 17th centuries, exemplified by the works of Shakespeare and the language of the King James Bible.

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All labels observed (6)

Label	Occurrences
Early Modern English canonical	67
Early Modern English dialect	1
Early Modern English period	1
Early Modern English pronunciation	1
Early Modern English written standard	1
Modern English	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	historical stage of a language ⓘ stage of the English language ⓘ
developedDuring	English Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Elizabethan era Stuart period ⓘ surface form: Jacobean era English Renaissance ⓘ surface form: Renaissance in England Tudor dynasty ⓘ surface form: Tudor period
endTime	early 17th century ⓘ
exemplifiedBy	King James Version ⓘ surface form: King James Bible works of Ben Jonson ⓘ works of Christopher Marlowe ⓘ works of William Shakespeare ⓘ
followedBy	Standard English ⓘ surface form: Modern English
follows	Middle English ⓘ
hasAncestor	Middle English ⓘ
hasDescendant	Standard English ⓘ surface form: Modern English
hasFeature	Great Vowel Shift (early phase) ⓘ surface form: Great Vowel Shift in progress distinct verb endings for second-person singular ⓘ emergence of do-support in questions and negation ⓘ frequent use of double negatives ⓘ greater use of inflectional endings than in Modern English ⓘ heavy borrowing from Greek ⓘ heavy borrowing from Latin ⓘ lack of standardized orthography ⓘ loanwords from Dutch ⓘ loanwords from French ⓘ loanwords from Italian ⓘ loanwords from Spanish ⓘ relatively free word order compared to Modern English ⓘ transition from synthetic to more analytic grammar ⓘ use of -eth and -est verb endings ⓘ use of thou and thee as second-person singular pronouns ⓘ use of ye and you as second-person plural pronouns ⓘ variable spelling conventions ⓘ
hasWritingSystem	Latin alphabet ⓘ
languageFamily	Anglic languages ⓘ Germanic languages ⓘ Indo-European language family ⓘ surface form: Indo-European languages West Germanic languages ⓘ
partOf	history of the English language ⓘ
standardizationInfluencedBy	Chancery Standard ⓘ Estuary English ⓘ surface form: London dialect printing press in England ⓘ
startTime	late 15th century ⓘ
usedFor	drama ⓘ government records ⓘ legal documents ⓘ poetry ⓘ prose literature ⓘ religious texts ⓘ
usedIn	British Isles ⓘ England ⓘ English colonies ⓘ

Referenced by (72)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King James Version → language → Early Modern English ⓘ

Old English → developedInto → Early Modern English ⓘ

this entity surface form: Modern English

Great Vowel Shift (late phase) → timePeriod → Early Modern English ⓘ

this entity surface form: Early Modern English period

Parliament of England → languageOfWorkOrName → Early Modern English ⓘ

Apocrypha (in early editions) → hasLanguage → Early Modern English ⓘ

Committee of translators appointed by King James I → translationTargetLanguage → Early Modern English ⓘ

The Example → language → Early Modern English ⓘ

English Renaissance drama → language → Early Modern English ⓘ

Tyndale Bible → language → Early Modern English ⓘ

Yola language → derivedFrom → Early Modern English ⓘ

North American English → developedFrom → Early Modern English ⓘ

English Renaissance → language → Early Modern English ⓘ

Shakespearean tragedies → language → Early Modern English ⓘ

Scots Confession → language → Early Modern English ⓘ

Desdemona (character) → languageOfWork → Early Modern English ⓘ

subject surface form: Desdemona

Peto → languageOfWork → Early Modern English ⓘ

Romeo Montague → languageOfWork → Early Modern English ⓘ

Great Vowel Shift (early phase) → languageStageOutcome → Early Modern English ⓘ

Great Vowel Shift (early phase) → relatedConcept → Early Modern English ⓘ

this entity surface form: Early Modern English pronunciation

Henry IV, Part 2 → language → Early Modern English ⓘ

Hamlet (stage performances) → hasLanguage → Early Modern English ⓘ

Chancery Standard → predecessorOf → Early Modern English ⓘ

this entity surface form: Early Modern English written standard

Hamlet → originalLanguage → Early Modern English ⓘ

A Midsummer Night's Dream → language → Early Modern English ⓘ

Titus Andronicus → originalLanguage → Early Modern English ⓘ

Coriolanus → originalLanguage → Early Modern English ⓘ

Shylock → languageOfWork → Early Modern English ⓘ

Modern English → hasPeriod → Early Modern English ⓘ

Puck → languageOfWork → Early Modern English ⓘ

Volpone → languageVariant → Early Modern English ⓘ

Judith Quiney → languageSpoken → Early Modern English ⓘ

Polonius → workLanguage → Early Modern English ⓘ

Laertes → languageOfWork → Early Modern English ⓘ

Henry VI, Part 3 → language → Early Modern English ⓘ

Margery Wentworth → languageSpoken → Early Modern English ⓘ

Brabantio → workAuthoredInLanguage → Early Modern English ⓘ

The Obedience of a Christian Man → language → Early Modern English ⓘ

The Practice of Prelates → language → Early Modern English ⓘ

Pitkern → hasAncestor → Early Modern English ⓘ

Othello (play) → originalLanguage → Early Modern English ⓘ

subject surface form: Othello

St Crispin's Day speech → language → Early Modern English ⓘ

Mistress Ford → language → Early Modern English ⓘ

Mistress Page → languageOfWork → Early Modern English ⓘ

Anne Page → languageOfWork → Early Modern English ⓘ

Nym → language → Early Modern English ⓘ

Shallow → languageOfWork → Early Modern English ⓘ

Boar’s Head Tavern → languageOfWork → Early Modern English ⓘ

Justice Shallow → languageOfWork → Early Modern English ⓘ

Lord Montague → languageOfCharacter → Early Modern English ⓘ

Benvolio → languageOfWork → Early Modern English ⓘ