MiddleEnglish.pptVIP

Middle English (1150-1500) Synchronic / Inner History Many changes would have occurred regardless of the Norman Conquest, but the Conquest accelerated these changes and created changes in new directions. Synthetic to Analytic Accelerated movement from a synthetic to an analytic language. By the end of ME, this process is virtually completed. What causes this? 1. General Reduction in Inflections. Endings of nouns, verbs, and adjectives which indicated distinctions in number, case and gender were altered to in pronunciation to such an extent that they lost their distinctive forms. When these