Week 3 Flashcards
What period was Old English between?
450-1100/1150
What period was Middle English between?
1100/1150-1500
PDE stands for…
Present Day English
OE stands for…
Old English
EMoE stands for…
Early Middle English
ME stands for…
Middle English
What period is this… ‘‘because there was no roome for them in the Inne’’?
Early Modern English- EMoE
What period is this… ‘‘for ther was no place to hym in no chaumbir’’?
Middle English- ME
What does OE rely heavily on for expression of grammar functions?
Inflectional morphology
What does PDE rely heavily on for grammatical functions?
Syntax and function words
Is OE synthetic or analytic?
Synthetic (some analytic)
Germanic languages are richly _________ ___________
Inflectional morphology
What shift did OE take to get to Middle English
From Inflectional morphology being dominant to mainly more syntax and function words
Diachronic view of the shift from OE to ME is
A continuation from 450 onward affecting all Germanic Languages
What is the word for this definition:
Study or classification based on types (words)
Typological
Define synthetic language:
Grammatical functions are mainly expressed by inflectional morphology
Define analytic language:
Grammatical functions that are expressed mainly by syntax and function words
What three things are examples of OE inflectional morphology?
- Number
- Gender
- Case
Nouns in OE are marked for
Number, Gender, Case
In OE are nouns marked the same way as PDE? Yes or No?
Yes, OE nouns like PDE are like car-cars, foot-feet
Gender in OE nouns are three things?
Feminine, Masculine and Neuter (grammatical gender)
Does every noun in Old English have a gender?
Yes
What 4 cases are there for nouns in OE?
- Nominative
- Accusative
- Dative
- Genitive
What does “Case” do for OE nouns?
It marks the function the noun has in the phrase/clause
What is the term for this definition…
It marks the subject
Nominative Case
