Early Modern English Flashcards
1
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Early modern English (EME) time period
A
1500s to 1700s
2
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Neologisms EME
1595
A
10,000 to 12,000 words appear during C16th - 1/4 no longer used
Inc - chocolate, vacuum, thermometer, argument, critic
1595 - dictionaries - permanent record of neologisms made
3
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What happened 1543
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War with French - want English nationalism - Henry VIII fall out with Roman Catholic Church
4
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Lexical change EME
A
Semantic change - amelioration and perjoration
5
Q
Grammatical change EME
A
Adverbs precede verbs ‘quickly tan’
Modal auxillary ‘shall’ instead of ‘will’
6
Q
What did Shakespeare do for lang - EME
A
Double negatives - haven’t got none
Pronouns after verb - guard we
No past tense
Neologisms- tounge tied, in a pickle
