Early Moder English Background Flashcards
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Early Modern English Timeline
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- 1450 Invention of the printing press (Gutenberg)
1476 Introduction of the printing press to England by William Caxton
1485 Battle of Bosworth, Beginning of House Tudor
1500 - 1650 Renaissance in England
1607 First permanent settlement in America (Jamestown)
1611 King James Bible
1755 Dr. Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary
1884 - 1928 First Edition of OED
2
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How can we access EModE?
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- Prints:
> Invented: 1450 - Gutenberg
> In England: 1476 - Caxton
3
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Renaissance
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- 1500-1650
- Five important features:
1. Printing Press
2. Rapid spread of popular education
3. Increased communication
4. Growth of specialized knowledge
5. Emergence of various forms of self-consciousness about language
4
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- Printing Press
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- 1476 William Caxton invented the Printing Press in England
- books, pamphlets, folios, newspaper, etc.
- reproduction of the same work in the same form
> standard (in spelling)
5
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- Rapid spread of popular education
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- education at schools
- literacy becomes more common
- need for grammars, dictionaries, textbooks
- general interest to read
- new professions: journalist, author
6
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- Increased communication
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- expansion of british empire
- colonies: 1600-1750
- 1600: Foundation of the English East India Company
- 1607: first permanent settlement in North America: Jamestown
- 1640: the Caribbean
- Africa, India
- Trade
- New words from other languages entered into the English language
- foreign cultures
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- Emergence of various forms of self-consciousness about language
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- Consciousness about the language
- public consciousness:
> awareness of a standard: spelling, style, vocabulary
vs.
> individual consciousness: social and economic groups are not closed; accommodation of the language
8
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- Growth of specialized knowledge
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- new knowledge - ne vocabulary
- Translations of Latin and Greek words into English
- Latin lost its influence as the language of science
- Role of the English language in science
