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Muhammad Zakaria (ZM)
Lecturer, Department of English
East West University
Sub: Eng-205
Sec: 1

Submitted By: Tanay Kundu Bappa ID: 2011-2-40-149 Burhan ID: 2011-2-40-080
Date of Submission:
0.04.2013

History of Modern English Language

Table of Contents
Abstract: ………………………………………………………………3

Key Words: …………………………………………………………....3

Chapter 1: Introduction…………………………………………………4

Chapter 2: Language Chronicles………………………………………..5

Chapter 3: The Early Modern English…………………………………..6, 7

Chapter 4: The Late-Modern English……………………………………8

Chapter 5: Conclusion……………………………………………………9

References: ……………………………………………………………..10

Abstract
This research helps to discover some of the interesting findings of a survey conducted to determine how Modern English language came to us. Our main issue of this research paper is total information about modern English. What is language chronicles? What is the period of modern English language? What is early modern
English language? What is late modern English language? We have collected data by reading several books and read over internet. Our major findings are how we got modern English language. Though this research has been done with a small group of students, it revealed so many interesting and influential findings that will help us to know about history of modern English language.

Keywords Modern English, Shakespeare, Charles Dickens, The King James Bible, William Caxton, Chaucer.

Introduction
Modern English, since about 1650, has been more


References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_language http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/northgermeniclanguage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/old Norwegian The Oxford History of English by Lynda Mugglestone
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