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Middle English: Language Features Flashcards

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French Influence (Norman Conquest)

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Recreational Language (food / gov / fashion / recreations)
‘tion’ - suffix shows French influence
French = language of government & royal court

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Standardisation

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Caxton’s printing press standardised spelling based on scholar literature

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Interchangeable Spelling Patterns

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‘v’ & ‘u’ - Standardisation inconsistencies (orthographic similarity)

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English U3 WJEC (13 decks)

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