Key terms and concepts Flashcards
Analogy is the process whereby what?
forms patterns alike based on linguistic pressures -> simplification of ME morphology
In ME syntax there was a move from _________ to __________ devices
synthetic to analytic
General move to what word order?
SVO (Subject, Verb, Object)
Increased use of prepositions to represent what?
a word’s function in a sentence
In the ME verbal system, there was an increased use of auxiliary verbs to indicate what?
tense, aspect, and mood
What is aureate diction?
primarily Latinate, polysyllabic language - the deliberate use of elevated diction in written English
The “learned language”
Latinate or French words
“Common speech”:
informal and colloquial, features more native English and Scandinavian vocabulary
The Great Vowel Shift: a systematic raising of what?
long stressed vowels
EME: what replaces thou as a 2nd person singular pronoun?
You
EME: by the end of the 16th century, what replaced -eþ as the ending for the third person singular verb in spoken language
-(e)s
EME: the dominant relative pronouns at the beginning of the EME period are what?
that and (to a lesser extent) which/the which
What are inkhorn terms?
Words derived from Latin or Romance languages, often polysyllabic and of ostentatious or aesthetic resonance, coined and introduced into English in the 16th and 17th centuries. Many such words required the knowledge of Latin for their use.
Etymological spelling restores what?
letters that were present in a given word only historically even though the sound was not pronounced (often from another language)
Spelling-pronunciation:
The changing of pronunciation is based on spelling
