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Language history

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Decks in this class (27)

Charackteristics of Old English (OE)
When did oe start,
Does oe have a free word order,
Is the oe language syntetic or an...
19  cards
ENGLISH LANGUAGE HISTORY
What languages do we find in brit...,
What did the roman and celtic bri...,
Where can we find celtic language...
15  cards
English spelling and sound changes
Why is the english spelling syste...,
Where do most english language va...,
How did a standard come to be est...
14  cards
The great vowel shift
0  cards
Sound changes
What is assimilation,
Why does assimilation happen use ...,
What is palatalisation
11  cards
Case markings
How does oe indicate subject,
What gets the accusative dative a...,
What is the main function of the ...
10  cards
Grimm's law
What is grimm s law,
Did these sound changes take plac...,
What is the first law of p t k
12  cards
Name the voicless and voiced sounds
Name all the voicless sounds,
Name all the voiced sounds
2  cards
Consonant articulation
How do we articulate the bilabials,
How do we articulate the labio de...,
How do we articulate the dentals
7  cards
Declensions nominative and genitive case OE
In the nominative case the singul...,
In the nominative case the plural...,
In the genitive case the singular...
9  cards
Old english history 2
What languages were the anglo sax...,
What languages belong to the germ...,
What is proto germanic
30  cards
Old English 3
What lexical categories distingui...,
What genders did oe have,
What does verbs distinguish between
20  cards
phonetic labels vowels
What is the phonetic label for i,
What is the phonetic label for i,
What is the phonetic label for e
14  cards
Hight, part and lips of vowels
What is the hight of the tongue a...,
What is the hight of the tongue a...,
What is the hight of the tongue a...
14  cards
phonetic labels consonants
What is the phonetic label for p,
What is the phonetic label for b,
What is the phonetic label for t
23  cards
Language history 4
What are the most remaining txts ...,
What kind of txts are oe and what...,
What were the works written on
21  cards
Declensions of dative and accusative masculine nouns
Name singular accusative case on ...,
Name plural accusative case on st...,
Name singular dative case on stro...
4  cards
OE pronouns
What is the singular and plural n...,
What is the gen case for first se...,
What is the dative first and plur...
17  cards
Language history 5
What 5 languages does bede claim ...,
What does bede mean by british,
What does the celtic speak what d...
31  cards
Old english grammar
What are the singular first secon...,
What are the pluarl first second ...
2  cards
old english language history 6
What is known as the germanic gro...,
Name some features of proto germa...,
Name some features of proto germa...
10  cards
Old english manuscripts
What does the book moth riddle re...,
What does the ecclesiastical hist...,
What are the main dialects of old...
15  cards
Difficult monophtongs and diphtongs
What is the phonemic label for,
What is the phonemic label for,
What is the phonemic label for
20  cards
Meaning of words
0  cards
Languge history chapter 1
Is english a germanic languge,
Who were the settlers in england ...,
What languages influenced the eng...
31  cards
Name the demonstratives in OE
0  cards
Irregular BE-form
What is the irregular form of bas...,
What is the irregular form of bas...,
What is the irregular form of bas...
5  cards

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