Middle English

GPTKB entity

Properties (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf language
gptkbp:associated_with religious texts
feudal society
the medieval period
chivalric literature
gptkbp:depicts manuscripts
texts
gptkbp:follows gptkb:Old_English
gptkbp:has_a diphthongs
consonant clusters
vowel length distinction
gptkbp:has_a_focus_on linguistic studies
literary criticism
sociolinguistics
historical analysis
rhetoric
dialectology
cultural analysis
textual studies
stylistics
gptkbp:hasKeywords gptkb:Latin
French
Old Norse
gptkbp:hasLanguage gptkb:England
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Middle English
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Norman_Conquest
gptkbp:is_a_source_of Modern_English_grammar
Modern_English_syntax
Modern_English_vocabulary
gptkbp:is_a_subject_of academic research
cultural studies
historical studies
gptkbp:is_a_time_for gptkb:English_language
gptkbp:is_characterized_by significant_French_influence
gptkbp:is_known_for gptkb:Sir_Gawain_and_the_Green_Knight
gptkb:Piers_Plowman
the Canterbury Tales
gptkbp:is_studied_in linguistics
historical linguistics
literary studies
philology
gptkbp:is_used_in 1150
1500
poetry
drama
adaptations
literature
translations
gptkbp:language gptkb:East_Midlands
gptkb:West_Midlands
Kentish
Northern
gptkbp:notableUsers gptkb:John_Gower
gptkb:William_Langland
gptkbp:performedBy gptkb:Geoffrey_Chaucer
gptkbp:precededBy Early Modern English
gptkbp:taught universities
language courses