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mads.xsd"><authority><topic authority="http://AATesaurus.cultura.gencat.cat/aat/getty_en">Middle English</topic></authority><related type="other"><topic>Modern English</topic></related><related type="other"><topic>Anglo-Saxon</topic></related><related type="broader"><topic>English</topic></related><variant type="other"><topic>English, Middle</topic></variant><variant type="other"><topic>enm</topic></variant> <note xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[ The English language in the period between Anglo/Saxon and Modern English, usually considered spoken between 1066 and 1485 CE (or more broadly, ca. 1100/1150-1450/1500). Middle English is characterized by a reduced system of grammatical inflections, an increased lexical borrowing from other languages, especially French and Latin, and great dialectal diversity in writing. ]]></note></mads>