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Late Modern English Flashcards

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What are 7 borrowings for objects or activities associated with another culture?

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  • fez
  • kibbutz
  • geisha
  • samovar
  • pickle
  • chess
  • skunk
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What are 7 borrowings for concepts already existing but not previously distinguished by a name (with their origin)?

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  • boss (Dutch)
  • ghetto (Italian)
  • slogan (Scottish)
  • creed (Latin)
  • vigilante (Spanish)
  • tycoon (Japanese)
  • blarney (Irish)
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In Late Modern English, what happened to traditional borrowings from Latin, Greek, French, Celtic, Scandinavian and Low German (Dutch)?

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They were less important and while still common, they were less clearly assimilated.

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What was retained from French borrowings during the Late Modern English period?

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  • The accented syllable (risqué…)

- The initial [ ʒ ] (genre, gendarme…)

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What was retained from Celtic borrowings during the Late Modern English period?

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Cultural items (whiskey, leprechaun, shamrock, brogue, clan).

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What are 6 borrowings from Scandinavian retained during the Late Modern English period?

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  • saga
  • ski
  • geyser
  • rune
  • ombudsman
  • smorgasbord
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During Late Modern English, what kind of vocabulary still gets borrowed from Greek and Latin?

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Technical language of science, medicine, etc.

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What kind of lexicon is borrowed from Spanish via French during Late Modern English?

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Landforms, food, flora and fauna of the New World (American Southwest).

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What kind of vocabulary is borrowed from Italian during Late Modern English?

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Music, architecture and food.

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What are 8 words borrowed from High German during Late Modern English?

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  • kindergarten
  • seminar
  • nickel
  • gestalt
  • leitmotiv
  • delicatessen
  • strudel
  • pretzel
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What are 3 borrowings from Yiddish during the Late Modern English period?

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  • bagel
  • lox
  • pastrami
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What are 5 borrowings from Slavic during the Late Modern English period?

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  • borsch
  • vodka
  • borzoi
  • intelligentsia
  • blitz
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What is a national variety?

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It’s a kind of large-scale regional dialect (geographical as opposed to social).

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What is the difference in phonology between British English and American English?

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Americans preserve features from the 18th century, more specifically from Northern England, Scotland and Ireland.

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Which of British English and North American English is a rhotic dialect, and which one is not?

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North American English is a rhotic dialect and British English is a non-rhotic dialect.

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What is an example of rhotic vs non-rhotic dialects in words?

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NAE far [far] versus BE far [fa].

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What is the difference in the pronunciation of the vowel / a / in NAE and BE?

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NAE staff [ stæf ] versus BE staff [ staf ].

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Which of NAE or BE kept the difference in pronunciation between the [ w ] and the [ m ] as in “waer / where”?

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North American English.

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What happens to words like “legendary” and “territory” in NAE and BE?

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In NAE, there is a primary and secondary stress on words of 4 syllables and more ending in -ary, -ory, -mony and -ery, as opposed to BE where there is only one stress, therefore the final affix is reduced to a schwa.

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What are the 8 grammatical differences between BE and NAE?

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  • BE uses of modal auxiliaries with verbs like “insist, recommend, suggest”, etc, whereas NAE only uses the subjunctive form without any modal.
  • BE uses “got” instead of “gotten” as past participle like NAE does.
  • NAE uses “do” in certain constructions while BE uses old patterns with “have”.
  • NAE uses singular verb form with collective nouns and BE uses plural.
  • Difference in prepositions.
  • NAE uses obligatory articles where BE does not always.
  • BE is more consistent with “shall” than NAE.
  • NAE uses “just” with simple past and BE uses “just” with perfect tense.
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What are 2 examples of differences in lexicon between NAE and BE?

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  • sweets (BE) versus candy (NAE).

- pavement (BE) versus sidewalk (NAE).

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What are 2 examples of differences in orthography between NAE and BE?

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  • our (NAE) / or (BE) suffix.

- ize (NAE) / ise (BE) suffix.

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What are 7 other varieties of English apart from British and North American English?

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  • Canadian English
  • Newfoundland English
  • Australian English
  • New Zealand English
  • African English
  • Liberian English
  • Caribbean English
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What is the phonological difference between American English and Canadian English?

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  • Canadian rising
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What are 3 examples of lexical items that are particular to Canadian English? What dialect / variety do they influence?

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  • caplin
  • anglophone
  • hydro
  • They influence Quebec English.
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What do neologisms change in the language?

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  • Word formation

- Acquiring new words

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What are 5 grammatical changes in the language that are still in progress today?

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  • Quotative constructions.
  • Periphrastic more/most instead of the more correct inflected superlative/comparative forms.
  • Conflation (mix) of past tense and past participle.
  • Pronoun usage.
  • “-s” usage.

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