Early Modern English

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Early Modern English is the stage of the English language used roughly between the late 15th and early 17th centuries, exemplified by the works of Shakespeare and the language of the King James Bible.

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This AI-generated illustration was produced by black-forest-labs/FLUX.2-dev (1024x1024) from a prompt written by openai/gpt-oss-120b from the entity's label + description.

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Generate an image of Early Modern English (Early Modern English is the stage of the English language used roughly between the late 15th and early 17th centuries, exemplified by the works of Shakespeare and the language of the King James Bible.)

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Statements (52)

Predicate Object
instanceOf historical stage of a language ⓘ
stage of the English language ⓘ
developedDuring Elizabethan era ⓘ
linked to: English Renaissance

Jacobean era ⓘ
linked to: Stuart period

Renaissance in England ⓘ
linked to: English Renaissance

Tudor period ⓘ
linked to: Tudor dynasty
endTime early 17th century ⓘ
exemplifiedBy King James Bible ⓘ
linked to: King James Version

works of Ben Jonson ⓘ
works of Christopher Marlowe ⓘ
works of William Shakespeare ⓘ
followedBy Modern English ⓘ
linked to: Standard English
follows Middle English ⓘ
hasAncestor Middle English ⓘ
hasDescendant Modern English ⓘ
linked to: Standard English
hasFeature Great Vowel Shift in progress ⓘ
distinct verb endings for second-person singular ⓘ
emergence of do-support in questions and negation ⓘ
frequent use of double negatives ⓘ
greater use of inflectional endings than in Modern English ⓘ
heavy borrowing from Greek ⓘ
heavy borrowing from Latin ⓘ
lack of standardized orthography ⓘ
loanwords from Dutch ⓘ
loanwords from French ⓘ
loanwords from Italian ⓘ
loanwords from Spanish ⓘ
relatively free word order compared to Modern English ⓘ
transition from synthetic to more analytic grammar ⓘ
use of -eth and -est verb endings ⓘ
use of thou and thee as second-person singular pronouns ⓘ
use of ye and you as second-person plural pronouns ⓘ
variable spelling conventions ⓘ
hasWritingSystem Latin alphabet ⓘ
languageFamily Anglic languages ⓘ
Germanic languages ⓘ
Indo-European languages ⓘ
West Germanic languages ⓘ
partOf history of the English language ⓘ
standardizationInfluencedBy Chancery Standard ⓘ
London dialect ⓘ
linked to: Estuary English

printing press in England ⓘ
startTime late 15th century ⓘ
usedFor drama ⓘ
government records ⓘ
legal documents ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
prose literature ⓘ
religious texts ⓘ
usedIn British Isles ⓘ
England ⓘ
English colonies ⓘ

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Referenced by (197)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

King James Version → language → Early Modern English ⓘ
Old English → developedInto → Modern English ⓘ
linked to: Early Modern English
Great Vowel Shift (late phase) → timePeriod → Early Modern English period ⓘ
linked to: Early Modern English
Parliament of England → languageOfWorkOrName → Early Modern English ⓘ
Apocrypha (in early editions) → hasLanguage → Early Modern English ⓘ
The Example → language → Early Modern English ⓘ
English Renaissance drama → language → Early Modern English ⓘ
Tyndale Bible → language → Early Modern English ⓘ
Yola language → derivedFrom → Early Modern English ⓘ
North American English → developedFrom → Early Modern English ⓘ
English Renaissance → language → Early Modern English ⓘ
Shakespearean tragedies → language → Early Modern English ⓘ
Scots Confession → language → Early Modern English ⓘ
Desdemona → languageOfWork → Early Modern English ⓘ
subject linked to: Desdemona (character)
Peto → languageOfWork → Early Modern English ⓘ
Romeo Montague → languageOfWork → Early Modern English ⓘ
Great Vowel Shift (early phase) → relatedConcept → Early Modern English pronunciation ⓘ
linked to: Early Modern English
Henry IV, Part 2 → language → Early Modern English ⓘ
Hamlet (stage performances) → hasLanguage → Early Modern English ⓘ
Chancery Standard → predecessorOf → Early Modern English written standard ⓘ
linked to: Early Modern English
Hamlet → originalLanguage → Early Modern English ⓘ
A Midsummer Night's Dream → language → Early Modern English ⓘ
Titus Andronicus → originalLanguage → Early Modern English ⓘ
Coriolanus → originalLanguage → Early Modern English ⓘ
Shylock → languageOfWork → Early Modern English ⓘ
Modern English → hasPeriod → Early Modern English ⓘ
Puck → languageOfWork → Early Modern English ⓘ
Volpone → languageVariant → Early Modern English ⓘ
Judith Quiney → languageSpoken → Early Modern English ⓘ
Polonius → workLanguage → Early Modern English ⓘ
Laertes → languageOfWork → Early Modern English ⓘ
Henry VI, Part 3 → language → Early Modern English ⓘ
Margery Wentworth → languageSpoken → Early Modern English ⓘ
Brabantio → workAuthoredInLanguage → Early Modern English ⓘ
The Obedience of a Christian Man → language → Early Modern English ⓘ
The Practice of Prelates → language → Early Modern English ⓘ
Pitkern → hasAncestor → Early Modern English ⓘ
Othello → originalLanguage → Early Modern English ⓘ
subject linked to: Othello (play)
St Crispin's Day speech → language → Early Modern English ⓘ
Mistress Ford → language → Early Modern English ⓘ
Mistress Page → languageOfWork → Early Modern English ⓘ
Anne Page → languageOfWork → Early Modern English ⓘ
Nym → language → Early Modern English ⓘ
Shallow → languageOfWork → Early Modern English ⓘ
Boar’s Head Tavern → languageOfWork → Early Modern English ⓘ
Justice Shallow → languageOfWork → Early Modern English ⓘ
Lord Montague → languageOfCharacter → Early Modern English ⓘ
Benvolio → languageOfWork → Early Modern English ⓘ