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)
