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The shift towards what we would perceive as modern English
The reasons that led to this transition
Shakespeare's influence
Spread of English language text amongst a broader audience
First English dictionaries
Marked by historical events
Witnessed the advent of science
Analysed period texts from curated repositories
Performed statistical analysis on archaic features
Transcribed text as close to the original version as possible
Official texts adhering to standards in order to minimize effect of personal writing style
The data was analysed using Python and the NLTK and spaCy libraries
Knew beforehand what features to look for
Written language started to be closer to spoken language
Used "V" at the begining and "u" for everything else
Spread of modern "u" and "v" usage due to Lazare Zetzner's work
Typesetting mimicked handwriting, chance of being wrongly transcribed
Possible cause of decline being the political association of such forms with the Stuart loyalists
Periods of filtering, coinciding with the
Interregnum Period, Glorious Revolution, the as-
cension to the throne of George I and Samuel Johnson’s linguistic work
Sharp increase during the English Civil War and the English Commonwealth
Higher frequency in the 18th century due to academic literature's writing conventions
Correlation between language use and political change
Advancements in printing technology shaping word form
More research needed in order to properly understand and track changes