Language change

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Date/period

Event(s)

Old English 500BC - 1066. Beowulf: 1000AD

Middle English 1066 - 1485

Early Modern 14th to 17th century. A revival of classic scholarship

18th Century. ‘Age of Enlightenment’ move away from: Superstition, Religious dominance, Ignorance, Old orders

19th Century

Modern Day

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Theorists 

Oxford English Language textbook

Lexis and Semantics 

Syntax and Morphology

Phonology

Why does language change?

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