Late Modern English
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Late Modern English is the stage of the English language, roughly from the late 17th century to the present, characterized by standardized grammar, expansive vocabulary (especially from science and empire), and the development of global English varieties.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Late Modern English canonical | 1 |
Statements (55)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
historical language stage
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stage of the English language ⓘ |
| endTime | present ⓘ |
| follows | Early Modern English NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasCharacteristic |
codified spelling conventions
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development of global English varieties ⓘ development of progressive aspect ⓘ development of standardized dictionaries ⓘ development of style guides ⓘ emergence of World Englishes ⓘ emergence of national standard varieties ⓘ emergence of regional dialects ⓘ expanded use of modal auxiliaries ⓘ expansive vocabulary ⓘ growth of phrasal verbs ⓘ increasing analytic structure ⓘ increasing literacy rates among speakers ⓘ influence from British Empire expansion ⓘ influence from science terminology ⓘ influence of American English ⓘ influence of British English ⓘ influence of colonial and postcolonial varieties ⓘ large number of loanwords ⓘ lexical borrowing from French ⓘ lexical borrowing from Greek ⓘ lexical borrowing from Latin ⓘ lexical borrowing from languages of the British Empire ⓘ loss of many older inflectional forms ⓘ prescriptive grammar traditions ⓘ relatively stable core syntax ⓘ standard subject-verb-object word order ⓘ standardized grammar ⓘ technical and scientific lexicon growth ⓘ use in global commerce ⓘ use in international diplomacy ⓘ use in mass media ⓘ use in scientific publication ⓘ |
| languageFamily |
Indo-European language family
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surface form:
Indo-European languages
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| startTime | late 17th century ⓘ |
| subfamily |
Germanic languages
NERFINISHED
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West Germanic languages NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
18th century
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19th century ⓘ 20th century ⓘ 21st century ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Australia
NERFINISHED
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Canada ⓘ India NERFINISHED ⓘ New Zealand NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
many other countries worldwide ⓘ |
| writingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
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