History of English - Ex. 2 Flashcards
1
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Example of an unconditioned change
A
Rising of all vowels during the Great Vowel Shift
2
Q
Folk Ethymology
A
- Mistaken Attribution of New History, Phonetic Form
through association with a more familiar word.
(e.g. island = *isle+land*)
(in fact OE = ieg + lond)
3
Q
William Safire
A
- Linguist
- New York Times columnist
- ‘high priests’ of correct English
- Grammar Guru
4
Q
Robert Burchfield
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- Chief Editor of OED (1971 - 1984)
- Latin broke up into “mutually unintelligible European Languages”
- English eventually Break up into separate languages
- Languages always had tendency to Break up - Evolve
5
Q
Sir Randolph Quirk
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- Most Honoured Grammarian
- Author of several grammars of contemporary English.
- Different standards between ‘international’ and ‘intranational’ varieties of English
6
Q
(Sir Dandolph Quirk)
- Fundamental role of non-native English
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Purposes of international access, rather than for intranational communication
7
Q
happeneth
A
The archaic equivalent of the third person singular “s” in happens
8
Q
John Algeo
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- University of Georgia
- English Professor
- “Heavy Hitter” in linguistics
9
Q
Scrabble (Origin)
A
Dutch schrabbelen ‘to scratch’ - survive by scratching
- overuse popular = board game
10
Q
Fusion
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- Language Loss
- two distinct features merge to become one
e. g. ME (x) merged with (f) after back vowels so (tox) > (tʌf)
11
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Fission
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- language gain
- one distinct feature splits into two
e. g. ME ‘flor’= Flour + Flower
12
Q
honcho
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- Squad Leader (Boss)
- American occupation of Japan
13
Q
snafu
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Situation Normal All Fucked Up (WWII)
14
Q
Brainwashing
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- reject old beliefs and ideas and accept new ones
- Korean War
15
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hoover
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Shifting/Derivation of Commercial Noun
