A History of the English Language: Modern English

The Great Vowel Shift and Move Towards Modern English

During the 15th, 16th and 17th centuries a radical change in pronunciation began to take place in the English language.  Transforming Middle English into a form of early Modern English.  This was the result of vowel sounds being made higher and further forward in the mouth, with shorter vowel sounds mostly unchanged, and the transition happening slowly between 1400 and 1700.  A lot of languages undergo vowel shifts, but none as quickly as the English vowel shift in linguistic terms.  The purer vowel sounds that had been used by most European languages, and phonetic pairings of long and short vowel sounds, were gradually disappearing, and this took place within a century or two.

A History of the English Language: Middle English

The Norman Conquest of 1066, by William the Conqueror, triggered the transition from Old English to Middle English.  This was because William the Conqueror made Britain into his homebase, at the time, moving his court and nobles into the country.  By overpowering the enemy with a brutal hand,  and stripping the Anglo Saxon Earls of their property, and handing it out to the Normans, and those that supported him.

How Books are Beneficial for Your Well-Being

With the introduction of technology we've become much more lazy as human beings.  So how beneficial are books for our well-being?

How Writing Can Make Your Life Better

I'm going to be honest with you and tell you that before I started writing my life was a bit of a mess.  This was due to the depression I was suffering and because I'd lost my way in life.

But, my writing story goes all the way back to the days when the internet was still developing and was a much simpler place.