Early Modern English by Lu Be

People / languages who/which influenced the english language:

2024-10-04 09:20:33 UTC

playwrights such as William Shakespear, Christopher marlowe or Edmund Spenser had a huge impact on the development of the early modern english language in the year between 1500 - 1650

because of such a literal evolvement, pronouns changed drastically as well, for example:

thou, thee, thy or thine

2024-10-08 09:41:00 UTC

“A Table Alphabeticall” by Robert Cawdrey

2024-10-08 09:52:05 UTC

The first dictionary was published 1604 in london

It reflects the language transition from middle to modern english

The book itself was especially helpful for people with little to no academic education, which included Women at that time

It contained 120 pages with 2500 different terms.

It wasn’t a list of all english words but rather a collection of words that are difficult to understand.

It was a step towards the standardization of the english language

Other historic influences

2024-10-08 09:59:42 UTC

The evolution of the language itself was influenced by other historic events or occurrences

early translations of the bible
the invention of the printing press
the great vowel shift
the usage of vernacular language in poetry

definition

2024-10-08 10:10:19 UTC

inkhorn term:

=> a term taken from another language without translating it directly, incorporating it into the new language

its origin is from the latin / the greek

it’s purpose is to give the english language a better sound

the debate

2024-10-08 10:20:19 UTC

the debate came up because of the massive amount of “inkhorn terms” being included into the language.

john cheke was against the inclusion

he stated that english should be its “own genuine language “ without it being mixed with other languages.
the expression of the literature shouldnt be distorted or changed and is supposed to be kept genuine

the usage of an “inkhorn terms” is mostly used in a pretentious way and often is unnecessary