Section 1, Question 1 - Features of Early Modern English

Question 1

Shee

Answer 1

Appended E

Question 2

myles

Answer 2

i/y interchange

Question 3

til

Answer 3

single consonant where PDE would have double consonant
OR
initial clipping of the prefix ‘un’

Question 4

vs

Answer 4

u/v interchange

Question 5

iust

Answer 5

i/j interchange

Question 6

betwixt

Answer 6

archaic prepositon

Question 7

What are some explanations for language change?

Answer 7

Johnson’s Dictionary 1755
Lack of standardisation until 1755
Semantic change over time
Cultural change over time

Question 8

What is the archaic 2nd person present tense verb inflection?

Answer 8

-st

Question 9

haST

Answer 9

archaic 2nd person present tense verb inflection

Question 10

What is the archaic 3rd person present tense verb inflection?

Answer 10

-eth

Question 11

sayETH

Answer 11

archaic 3rd person present tense verb inflection

Question 12

What is the archaic 2nd person singular subject pronoun?

Answer 12

thou

Question 13

Thou

Answer 13

archaic 2nd person singular subject pronoun

Question 14

What is the archaic construction of an interrogative?

Answer 14

inverting the subject and verb:
knowest thou?

Question 15

What is the archaic construction of negative declaratives?

Answer 15

Adding ‘not’ after subject + verb:
‘thou knowest not’
(absence of dummy operator verb ‘do’)

Question 16

What is the archaic construction of imperatives?

Answer 16

2nd person pronoun after the imperative
e.g. ‘go ye’

Question 17

What is the archaic construction of negative imperatives?

Answer 17

adding ‘not’ in between imperative
e.g. ‘be not amazed’