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The 17 pages that link to Early Modern English, each with the reason it gives.

• William ShakespeareRelated: Shakespeare wrote during this period, whose vocabulary and grammar shape his verse.

• English languageBroader topic: Printing, standardization, and major sound changes shaped the language during this period.

• Middle EnglishCompared with: It followed Middle English amid printing, standardization, and major changes in pronunciation.

• Standard languageRelated: Printing and expanding government helped stabilize English conventions during this period.

• William CaxtonBroader topic: Caxton’s printed spellings helped shape the language’s emerging written conventions.

• King James VersionNarrower topic: The KJV became one of the most influential works written in this period’s English.

• Elizabethan eraRelated: Print and literary production during Elizabeth’s reign helped establish this stage of English.

• Great Vowel ShiftBroader topic: Its pronunciation developed while the vowel shift was under way.

• American EnglishNarrower topic: English brought to North America largely descended from this historical stage.

• Standard EnglishNarrower topic: Many conventions associated with modern written English took shape during this period.

• English RenaissanceRelated: Renaissance translation, printing, and literature helped establish forms of English still recognizable today.

• Modern EnglishBroader topic: It marks the opening period of Modern English.

• Rhoticity in EnglishRelated: English pronunciation changed during this period as postvocalic /r/ began disappearing in some regions.

• Mrs.Narrower topic: The shortened title emerged as English spelling and forms of address changed.

• Thomas NasheNarrower topic: Nashe’s idiom draws on the period’s changing vocabulary, spelling, and rhetorical styles.

• History of EnglishBroader topic: It captures the language during printing, standardization, and major vowel change.

• Phonological history of EnglishBroader topic: Its spelling and surviving descriptions help locate major shifts in pronunciation.