Modern English
E125183
Modern English is the current form of the English language, used worldwide since roughly the late 15th century and encompassing contemporary varieties such as North American English.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Modern English canonical | 2 |
| New English | 1 |
| Present-Day English | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1082614 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
Target entity: Modern English Context triple: [North American English, timePeriod, Modern English]
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A.
Modern English Version
The Modern English Version is a contemporary English translation of the Bible that follows the tradition of the King James Version while updating its language for modern readers.
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B.
Modern Irish
Modern Irish is the contemporary Goidelic Celtic language spoken primarily in Ireland, descended from earlier stages such as Old and Middle Irish.
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C.
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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D.
Oxford English
Oxford English is a prestigious accent of British English traditionally associated with educated speakers and often used as a standard in broadcasting and formal contexts.
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E.
Standard English
Standard English is the widely accepted, codified form of the English language used in formal writing, education, and public communication across English-speaking countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
Target entity: Modern English Target entity description: Modern English is the current form of the English language, used worldwide since roughly the late 15th century and encompassing contemporary varieties such as North American English.
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A.
Modern English Version
The Modern English Version is a contemporary English translation of the Bible that follows the tradition of the King James Version while updating its language for modern readers.
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B.
Modern Irish
Modern Irish is the contemporary Goidelic Celtic language spoken primarily in Ireland, descended from earlier stages such as Old and Middle Irish.
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C.
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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D.
Oxford English
Oxford English is a prestigious accent of British English traditionally associated with educated speakers and often used as a standard in broadcasting and formal contexts.
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E.
Standard English
Standard English is the widely accepted, codified form of the English language used in formal writing, education, and public communication across English-speaking countries.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (91)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
form of English
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natural language ⓘ stage of language ⓘ |
| follows | Middle English ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Modern English
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surface form:
New English
Modern English ⓘ
surface form:
Present-Day English
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| hasAncestor |
Anglo-Frisian languages
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Middle English ⓘ Old English ⓘ Proto-Germanic ⓘ Proto-Indo-European ⓘ |
| hasAspectSystem |
perfect aspect
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progressive aspect ⓘ |
| hasCaseSystem | largely lost nominal case ⓘ |
| hasDirection | left-to-right ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
SVO basic word order
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extensive vocabulary of French and Latin origin ⓘ fixed word order ⓘ largely analytic grammar ⓘ phonemic vowel length distinctions largely lost ⓘ reduced inflectional morphology ⓘ use of auxiliary verbs for tense and aspect ⓘ use of do-support in questions and negation ⓘ |
| hasISOCode |
en
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eng ⓘ |
| hasLanguageFamily |
Germanic languages
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Indo-European language family ⓘ
surface form:
Indo-European languages
|
| hasLexiconSize | very large vocabulary ⓘ |
| hasMoodSystem | indicative mood dominant ⓘ |
| hasNotableAuthor |
Charles Dickens
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James Joyce ⓘ Jane Austen ⓘ John Milton ⓘ Mark Twain ⓘ Virginia Woolf ⓘ William Shakespeare ⓘ |
| hasPeriod |
Early Modern English
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Late Modern English ⓘ |
| hasPhonologicalEvent | Great Vowel Shift ⓘ |
| hasPronounSystem | distinct subject and object pronouns ⓘ |
| hasScript | Latin script ⓘ |
| hasStandardForm | Standard English ⓘ |
| hasStartTime |
circa 1500
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late 15th century ⓘ |
| hasStatus |
most widely studied foreign language
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official language in many countries ⓘ |
| hasSubfamily | West Germanic languages ⓘ |
| hasTenseSystem | past-present distinction with periphrastic future ⓘ |
| hasTypicalWordOrder | Subject-Verb-Object ⓘ |
| hasVariety |
American English
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Australian English ⓘ British English ⓘ Canadian English ⓘ Caribbean English ⓘ Indian English ⓘ Irish English ⓘ New Zealand English ⓘ Nigerian English ⓘ North American English ⓘ Philippine English ⓘ Colloquial Singaporean English (Singlish) ⓘ
surface form:
Singapore English
South African English ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystem | Latin alphabet ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Celtic languages
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Greek ⓘ Latin ⓘ Anglo-Norman ⓘ
surface form:
Norman French
Norse ⓘ
surface form:
Norse languages
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| influences | global lingua franca ⓘ |
| partOf | English language ⓘ |
| precedes | Future English ⓘ |
| usedAs |
international language of aviation
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international language of business ⓘ international language of diplomacy ⓘ international language of science ⓘ international language of the internet ⓘ lingua franca ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Australia
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Canada ⓘ Caribbean ⓘ India ⓘ Ireland ⓘ New Zealand ⓘ Nigeria ⓘ Pakistan ⓘ Philippines ⓘ Singapore ⓘ South Africa ⓘ United Kingdom ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
global context ⓘ |
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Subject: Modern English Description of subject: Modern English is the current form of the English language, used worldwide since roughly the late 15th century and encompassing contemporary varieties such as North American English.
Referenced by (4)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.