Middle English

Japanese: Middle English(英語表記)MiddleEnglish
Middle English

...In this respect, OE is closer to German than to English among modern languages.
[Middle English]
Middle English, abbreviated as ME. The end of this period is set at 1500 because up until this time it belonged to the Middle Ages culturally, and the Renaissance began at this point, but some consider the change in English pronunciation to be important, and consider the period from 1450 onwards when this change appeared as Modern English. Taking these circumstances into account, and also the rapid impact that the printing press brought from the continent in 1476 had on English (such as the spread of standard English), the 15th century can be seen as a transitional period from Middle English to Modern English in any case.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Middle English" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…この点OEは現代語の中では英語よりドイツ語に近い。
[中英語]
 Middle English,略称ME。この時期の終りを1500年とするのは,この頃までが文化的には中世に属し,これを境にルネサンス期に入るからであるが,英語の発音の変化を重視して,その変化の現れる1450年以降を近代英語とする見方もあり,これらの事情を考慮し,さらに1476年に大陸からもたらされた印刷術が急速に英語に及ぼした影響(標準語の普及など)を考えると,いずれにせよ15世紀は,中英語から近代英語への過渡期と見ることができよう。…

※「Middle English」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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