The Essay Early Modern English: The Development Of The English Language

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“The Essay Early Modern English,” traces the development of the English language. It was in the wake of French and Arabs that lead to the development of English language, on and around 1500. The Renaissance, which previously took place in Italy, was crossing the borders over to England. After the renaissance, the fate of English as a nation and as a language was brightening. It was during the reformation, that English received the stock of words after translation of the Bible. The development of printing press, gave more impetus to the growth of early modern English. Author, traces the development of English from every perspective, in the evolution of words, techniques, grammar, pronunciations etc. Author talks about the changes in the endings of the word, in the dramatic form, where a slight change at the beginning and the end leads to a change in the meaning. She traces the impact of Latin on the development of English, prior to English, Latin was court language and most of the writers preferred to write in French, all the major works were written in Latin, Novum Organum [The Novum Organum, full original title Novum Organum Scientiarum (‘new instrument of science’), is a philosophical work by Francis Bacon, written in Latin and published in 1620. The title is a reference to Aristotle 's work Organon, which was his treatise on logic and syllogism. In Novum Organum, Bacon details a new system of logic he believes to be superior to the old ways of syllogism. This is now

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