Four Historical Periods of English

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Across
  1. 3. Old English Poem
  2. 9. Famous playright from early modern english era
  3. 10. Author of the Canterbury Tales
  4. 11. Inventor of printing press
  5. 12. The study of the origin of words and how they have evolved
  6. 14. The ____ revolution caused a need for new words to describe modern technological processes
  7. 16. Language of the vikings
  8. 18. 1500-1800 C.E
  9. 20. 1110-1500 C.E
Down
  1. 1. The invention of the dictionary helped standardise english ______
  2. 2. Author of first american dictionary
  3. 4. The Great ____ Shift
  4. 5. Author of "A dictionary of the english language"
  5. 6. Variation in language due to geography
  6. 7. 500-1100 C.E
  7. 8. Language used by upper class in the middle english era
  8. 13. 1800-present
  9. 15. Who won the battle of hastings
  10. 17. Lexemes that have similar meaning across different languages due to a related history
  11. 19. Includes subgroups of Irish, welsh, scottish gaelic etc. languages