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in a language in order to name the things that exist in different
periods of the development of the country.

Example: During the reign of the Normans, many words
related to the ruling classes and the business of government

entered English from French. Among these words are: attorney,
bailiff, baron, city, conservative, countess, county, damage,

duchess, duke, empire, executive, felony, govern, judicial, jury,

justice, legislative, liberal, marriage, nobility, parliament,
perjury, petty, prince, prison, regal, representative, republic,

royal, senator, sovereign, state, traitor, viscount.

5. The periodization of the HEL

The history of English is divided into three periods usually
called Old English (or Anglo-Saxon), Middle English, and

Modern English.
The periods of English:

1) 450–1100 – Old English (OE) – the language of Beowulf.

Beowulf is an anonymous Old English epic poem in alliterative
verse, believed to have been composed in the 8th century A.D.

2) 1100–1500 – Middle English (ME) – The language of
Geoffrey Chaucer (?1340-1400), the English poet who wrote

“The Canterbury Tales”.
3) 1500–till today – Modern English (ModE, or NE):

3.1. 1500–1650 – Early Modern English (or Renaissance

English) – the language of William Shakespeare.
3.2. 1650 – Present Modern English (or Present-Day

English) – the language as spoken today.

This periodization is conventional and based on the
historical events of the country.

FOR GREATER UNDERSTANDING

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