Four Historical Periods of English

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