p2 A language change over time Flashcards
1
Q
what years were middle english?
A
1100-1500
2
Q
what years were EME?
A
1500-1800
3
Q
what years were LME?
A
1800-present
4
Q
what were features of EME?
A
-sentences loose with repeated connectives
-long multiclausal sentences
-use of ‘do’ as an auxiliary verb
-pronouns thou, thee, thine
-irregular verbs in older forms digged, gat, spake
-subverted syntactical structures
-third person singular eneded in eth walketh
5
Q
what were Robert Lowths rules?
A
–pronoun thou no longer used
-differentiation between will and shall
-infinite verbs shouldnt be split
-prepositions before noun
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