Language through time

2. Loss of grammatical ________ made English simpler over time
4. The devastating disease that reached England in 1348
8. Printing press introduced to England by William _____
10. The movement that revived interest in classical learning
12. Major pronunciation shift occurring between the 15th–18th centuries
13. Publication that helped standardise spelling and definitions by Samuel Johnson
15. Event in 1066 that marked the beginning of Middle English
18. Religion that introduced Latin literacy to Anglo-Saxon England
19. The oldest surviving epic poem in this period of language

1. Germanic tribe whose language heavily influenced Old English
3. The ______ Revolution introduced many scientific and technical terms
5. Playwright whose works greatly influenced English vocabulary
6. Technology that accelerated the creation of new vocabulary in the 20th and 21st centuries
7. Writing system largely replaced by the Latin alphabet
9. The Norman conquest occurred after this famous battle in 1066
11. Worldwide variety of English spread through ________
14. French became associated with this social class after 1066
16. Printing made this more consistent across England
17. Poet who wrote The Canterbury Tales