17. The Renaissance

Question 1

By ____ profound changes were taking place in English pronunciation

Answer 1

1475

Question 2

Changes in English pronunciation

Answer 2

Finals e’s, pronounced in Chaucer’s time, had become silent

Question 3

Great English Vowel Shift

Answer 3

Pronunciation change in which the elongated short vowels of Middle English were diphthongized to become the “long” vowels of Modern English

Question 4

The English Vowel Shift occurred over a _____ year period

Answer 4

200 to 300

Question 5

Early Modern English (1475-1700) differ somewhat from their _____ counterparts

Answer 5

Twentieth century

Question 6

The language of that time is _____

Answer 6

Understandable

Question 7

The renaissance did not burst into full flower in ____ as it had in ____

Answer 7

England, Italy

Question 8

____ was new to England

Answer 8

Science

Question 9

The Renaissance on England took the form of a?

Answer 9

Slow awakening of interest in intellectual and artistic pursuits

Question 10

Art was restricted to?

Answer 10

Religious themes

Question 11

The thirst for knowledge led to the rediscovery of ancient writings, from the science of ___ to the comedy of ____

Answer 11

Aristotle, Aristophanes

Question 12

Middle English lacked words for the abstract ideas encountered in?

Answer 12

Classical literature

Question 13

Many Greek and Latin terms were?

Answer 13

Adopted and Anglicized

Question 14

During the Renaissance thousands of words were introduced through works of?

Answer 14

Scholars and writers

Question 15

The significant development was made possible by the distribution of ___ with the first English printer ___

Answer 15

Books, William Caxton (1422-91)

Question 16

By ____ movable type made the circulation of thousands of a play or book much easier

Answer 16

Shakespeare’s time

Question 17

Education spread to people previously?

Answer 17

Denied it

Question 18

Four factors that contributed to the standardization of English during the late Middle English and Early Modern English periods:?

Answer 18

Development of printing
Spread of education (literacy)
Improved transportation
Growing awareness of a dialect as a class barrier

Question 19

What factor stimulated an increase in loan words from classical languages?

Answer 19

Rekindled interest in the arts and sciences (spirit of inquiry)

Question 20

Eastern languages like ___ and _____ began to contribute to the vocabulary of English

Answer 20

Chinese, Arabic

Question 21

Borrowings from European countries added a ____ flavor

Answer 21

Cosmopolitan

Question 22

By the mid ____, the vocabulary had reached ____ words

Answer 22

1500s, 140,000