English for Academic and Professional Purposes Flashcards
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What does the American-English Dictionary Called?
Meriam Webster
Who invaded the britain?
Anglo-Saxon
It is considered as the most famous english literature up to day
Beowulf
How many English words are added during the Viking Invasion?
2k words in English Vocabulary
What are the two major factors during the late modern english?
1.Industrial Revolution
2.English-Speaking world
What are the 3 germanic tribes called?
Angles
Saxon
Jutes
It is called as the war smith
Angles
_______ was left to
the peasants and despite its less glamorous status, it continued to develop and grow by
adopting a whole host of Latin and French words
Old English
What are the 4 devided kingdoms in britain?
Northumbria
Mercia
East Anglia
Wessex
What is the language of Angles?
Angle-ish
What is the best known book during the Moddern English Period?
King James Version of the Bible
What is the language of the celt?
Celtics
What are the 3 periods of English?
Old English
Middle English
-Modern English
-Earlyn Modern English
Late Modern English
Angle-ish + Celtics =?
Old English
Vocabulary alone
is increasing at a pace of approximately _______ new and approved words per year. This
dramatic increase in new words is largely due to technology.
1k words
What is the language of the Vikings?
Old Norse
a member of the Indo-European family of language.
English
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English for Academic and Professional Purposes
Who introduced the printing press?
William Caxton
Who is the Duke of Normandy invaded and conquered
England
William the Conqueror
He publishes his
American-English
dictionary
Noah Webster
The Norman
invasion established _____ as the language of royals and of power
French
Who’s the author of “The Canterburry Tale”
Geoffrey Chaucer
a
sudden and distinct change in pronunciation started, with vowels
being pronounced shorter and shorter.
The Great Vowel Shift
How many words does Shakespeare invented during the modern English period?
1.7k words
What are the famous works of Shakespeare?
Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet
It was published by Robert Cawdrey
Table Alphabeticall (1604)
The first daily English-language newspaper
The Daily Courant
Who wrote this “A Dictionary of the English Language”.?
Samuel Johnson (1735)
