In this week's Claire Chats, I continue the series on the development of the English language by looking at the English that was spoken after the Norman conquest up until the 15th century.
You can click here to watch Part 1 - Old English.
https://youtu.be/v-xpzfsY4bU
Further Reading, Sources and Resources
- Online lecture – An Introduction to Middle English - http://oldenglish.at.ua/ME_Lectures/THEME_1.pdf
- The History of English - http://www.thehistoryofenglish.com/history_middle.html
- David Crystal's article on Middle ENglish - https://www.bl.uk/medieval-literature/articles/middle-english
- The Ayenbite of Inwyt – written in the Kentish dialect of Middle English - https://archive.org/details/danmichelsayenb01michgoog
- Middle English phonology - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English_phonology
- Middle English Literature - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English_literature
- Pronunciation guide for Chaucer's English - https://www.english.cam.ac.uk/converse/chaucer/Pronunciation.doc
- Teach yourself to read Chaucer's Middle English - http://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/teachslf/less-0.htm
- The Geoffrey Chaucer website - http://sites.fas.harvard.edu/~chaucer/index.html
- Middle English Dictionary - https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/med/
- Middle English: An Overview - http://public.oed.com/aspects-of-english/english-in-time/middle-english-an-overview/
- Guide to Reading Middle English - https://faculty.franklin.uga.edu/ctcamp/content/guide-reading-middle-english
- The Pronunciation of Chaucer's Middle English - http://oldsite.english.ucsb.edu/faculty/oconnell/pronunciation.htm
- Harvard's Geoffrey Chaucer Website - https://chaucer.fas.harvard.edu/metro-resources-0?utm_source=ngnix&utm_campaign=redirect_analysis
- Chaucer – Canterbury Tales - http://www.luminarium.org/medlit/canterbury.htm
- Read Middle English - http://www.nativlang.com/middle-english/middle-english-canterbury-tales.php
- Middle English Grammar - http://www.nativlang.com/middle-english/middle-english-grammar.php
- Middle English Pronunciation - http://www.nativlang.com/middle-english/middle-english-pronunciation.php
- Pronunciation - http://www.pronunciationguide.info/English.html
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Middle_English
- https://www.britannica.com/topic/Middle-English-language#ref235561
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