Middle English 1066 - 1485 Flashcards
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Middle English - Norman Conquest
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> Lexis - terms for law and politics from Norman French
General expansion of lexis, esp. abstract terms
Case-endings, declension and gender disappear
Inflection goes except in pronouns and related forms
Writers concerned about change want to stabilize language
1458 - Gutenberg invents printing (1476 - Caxton introduces it to England) · the press enables some standardizing and mass printing of text/books
