Linguistic Changes from Late Middle English to Early Modern English

以前的英语历史研究并不一定强调中世纪英语（古英语和中古英语）和现代英语之间的联系。然而，越来越多的人意识到，英语历史上的大多数重大变化在中世纪英语时期结束时变得突出，并在早期现代英语时期加速发展。我们在过去四年的研究表明，中世纪英语和现代英语之间的联系需要在历史研究中得到更大程度的强调，至少在语言学方面，对这一时期的理解将有助于更深层次地理解现代英语。

Previous studies in the history of English do not necessarily stress the link between medieval English (Old and Middle English) and Modern English. There is an increasing awareness, however, that most major changes in the history of English become prominent towards the end of the Middle English period and accelerate in the course of the early Modern English period. Our research in the past four years has shown that the link between medieval English and Modern English needs to be highlighted to a greater extent in historical studies, at least in linguistic terms, and that the understanding of this period will contribute to a deeper understanding of Present-day English.