Modern English (Noun)
Meaning
English since about 1450.
Classification
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents.
Examples
- Modern English is the form of the English language that has been spoken since the late 15th century.
- The study of modern English focuses on the language's development from the late Middle English period to the present day.
- The modern English vocabulary has been influenced by many other languages, including Latin, Greek, and numerous languages that were brought to England by immigrants.
- Modern English has a simplified grammar system compared to Old English and Middle English, with fewer inflectional endings and a more fixed word order.
- The first dictionaries of modern English were published in the 18th century, including Samuel Johnson's influential "A Dictionary of the English Language" in 1755.