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2: History of English up to Old English
Flashcards do conjunto (15)
- 1Who spoke Indo-European, when and where did they live* Nomadic tribes
* 3 500 - 3 000 BC
* They lived by the Black Sea - 2What is a reconstructed language and name one* No written proof of the language (writing wasn't invented & nomads moving = create new language)
* Indo-European - 3What are the oldest languages which we have written proof of* 2 000 BC: Sanskrit
* 1 500 BC: Greek
* 500 BC: Latin - 4What divided West Germanic into 3 parts and name them* Consonant shift
1- Old High German
2- Old Low German
3- Anglo-Saxon (O.E.) - 5Why was England less affected by the consonant shift* It was an island in the North = isolated
- 6How did that affect the language and give examplesEnglish has kept some earlier consonant characteristics of German:
* p--> pf
(pepper --> pfepper)
* t --> ß or s
(water --> wasser)
(foot --> futß) - 7What other languages resembles Old English grammarLatin and German
- 8Old English Grammar:* Genders (masc. or fem.)
* Noun declension (inflections of a noun indicates the no., case, gender)
=> not necessary for words to be in order
* Adjective inflection (must agree with the noun)
* Strong/weak verbs (regular/irregular) - 9Give examples of noun declension with the word dog* Gender: masculin
* Singular: * Plural
subjective: hund hundas
genetive: hundes hunda
dative: hunde hundum - 10How many Celtic words came into English and give examples* 12 words
* Rivers: Thames, Avon
* Places: Dover, Kent
* Crag = high rock
* Dry = druid - 11How did Greek words came into English and give examples* Monks of the monastery Lindisfarne (Holy Island) wrote manuscrites
=> gospel words: angel, altar, psalm, martyr - 12Name Sanskrit wordsdeva --> divin
me, three, father, mother, new - 13How many English words come from A/S and give examples* 90% of English words
* -ton = enclosure (Boston)
* -ham = town (Buckingham)
* -stead = site (Hamstead)
* wife, the, this, that - 14Give examples of words with Norse origins* -beck = stream
* -thorpe = settlement
* kirkby = farm by the church
* -toft = piece of land
* husband - 15Name the word foot and ten in M.E., O.E., O.H.G., Gothic, Latin and GreekM.E.: foot ten
O.E.: fót tien
O.H.G.: fuotz zehen
Gothic: fotos taihum
Latin: pes decem
Greek: pod deka
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- High School Diploma English FlashCards sobre 2: History of English up to Old English, criado por Alex Nguyen em 12-01-2016.
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