ARCHAIC FEATURES/LANG CHANGE

Question 1

ARCHAIC 2ND PERSON SUBJECT+OBJECT PRONOUN

Answer 1

subject: ye
Object: thee

Question 2

“Taketh” “purgeth”

Answer 2

ARCHAIC 3RD PERSON VERB INFLECTION -eth

Question 3

ARCHAIC CONSTRUCTION OF IMPERATIVES

Answer 3

Normal- be that assured

Negative- gnaw not thy nails

Question 4

ARCHAIC CONSTRUCTION OF NEGATIVE DECLARATIVES

Answer 4

E.g. “thou knowest not”
Or
“He knows not”

Question 5

ARCHAIC CONSTRUCTION OF INTERROGATIVES

Answer 5

“Knowest thou?”

“Thou knowest?”

Question 6

AMPERSAND

Answer 6

&

Question 7

PROCLITIC CONTRACTIONS

Answer 7

Shortened word at the beginning

E.g. ‘tis ‘twas ‘twere

Question 8

“When thou BLOWEST thy nose”

Answer 8

ARCHAIC 2ND PERSON VERB INFLECTION -est

Question 9

TIME PERIODS

Answer 9

Early modern english- 1500’s to 1700’s

Modern english- 1700’s to 1900’s

Late modern english- 1900’s to now

Question 10

ARCHAIC 2ND PERSON POSSESSIVE DETERMINERS

Answer 10

Thy (singular)

Question 11

ARCHAIC 2ND PERSON POSSESSIVE PRONOUNS

Answer 11

Thine (singular)

Question 12

ARCHAIC 2ND PERSON PRONOUNS

Answer 12

Thou (subject)

Thee (object)

Question 13

APOSTROPHES TO DENOTE PLURAL NOUNS

Answer 13

Jelly’s instead of jellies

Question 14

INCONSISTENCY OF SPELLING

Answer 14

Some/sum/som
Read/reed
Prairs/praers

Question 15

U/V INTERCHANGE
I/Y INTERCHANGE
I/J INTERCHANGE

Answer 15

E.g. delyuered, euen, loue
E.g. lyttle, chyldren, kynde
E.g. maieste, ioy, iourney

Question 16

FINAL -E INFLECTION

Answer 16

E.g. eate, spirite, goinge, lorde

Question 17

WHEN WAS DR JOHNSONS DEFINITIVE DICTIONARY PUBLISHED

Answer 17

1755