Historical Change Flashcards
When was the Old English period?
450 to 1100
What words survived from Celtic?
Crag
For
What places names come from Anglo-Saxon (O.E)?
Tottenham
Ealing
What helped the development of standardisation?
Literature
What was Beowulf?
The first poem in English Language
What was the Danelaw?
A peace treaty
A wall split two sides - one Danish, one English.
How did Old Norse simplify English?
By restructuring it, the language became less Germanic. Word order came into place
When was the Middle English period?
1100-1450
What language was used by those in power in the Middle English period?
French.
How did English become prestige’s during the Middle English period?
The Black Death (1348-1350)
The population had halved and the language of the peasants was English so it became more important.
When was the Early Modern English period?
1450-1750
What pronouns were around in Early Modern English?
‘Thou’ and ‘thy’ (2nd person) - intimate and informal
What verbs were around in the Early Modern English?
2nd person ending - ‘est’ ( eg: “thou turnest”)
Variable use of the auxiliary “do” (EG: “they knew him not”)
What noun and adjective plural forms were there in the Early Modern English period?
-es and -ys
What is “Renaissance”?
Rebirth of the arts (music etc)
What words from French came into English during the Renaissance?
Passeport (passport)
What words from Spanish came into English during the Renaissance?
Port
Canoa (canoe)
What words from Dutch came into English during the Renaissance?
Smuggle
What was the Inkhorn Controversy?
A formal dispute about the English Language (an attempt to make it pure)
When was the first dictionary written?
16th April 1755
