Matching Pairs Middle English ExplorationOnline version Match the concepts related to Middle English with their short descriptions. by David Martínez Blandón 1 Middle English 2 Dialects 3 Norman Conquest 4 Chaucer 5 Great Vowel Shift 6 Middle English Period 7 Old English 8 Morphology Author of 'The Canterbury Tales' Invasion of England by William the Conqueror in 1066 Phonological change in the pronunciation of English vowels Study of the structure of words Language spoken in England from the 5th to the 11th century Period of English history from 1100 to 1500 Varieties of a language spoken in a particular region Language spoken in England from the 11th to the 15th century