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