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Northern Middle English: How the North Became Early Modern
Episode 193
Published 1 week ago
Description
This episode traces how northern varieties of Middle English shed inflectional endings well before London’s dialect, creating a grammar that already felt modern. We look at Norse influence, monastic literacy patterns, and selective lexical adoption that pushed the North ahead on its linguistic journey.
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