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UNIT 41
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- 1TABLE OF CONTENTS:1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE ROMAN CONQUEST OF BRITAIN
3. THE INFLUENCE OF LATIN ON THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE
3.1. Historical evolution of the English language
3.2. Latin influence by periods
3.3. Borrowings and calques
4. DIDACTIC IMPLICATIONS AND CONCLUSION
5. BIBLIOGRAPHY AND WEBLINKS - 2The Celts arrived and settled in Britain in2000 B.C., leaving the trace of the first known language of the island
- 3the first expedition under Julius Caesar’s rule transcended into history as a failure due to ...adverse climatic conditions and the unexpected fierceness of natives’ resistance
- 4the official start of the Roman conquest is...43 AD
- 5The progress of the Roman control was ...slow but uninterrupted
- 6Despite the efforts to expand their rule, the Romans never penetrated into ....the mountains of Wales and Scotland
- 7Britain became a colony of the Roman Empire calledBritannia for more than three hundred years
- 8Consequences of Roman conuqest:- capital in London
- foundation of cities
- construction of highways and roads
- Christianization
- Latin - 9OLD ENGLISH PERIOD: The first period took place...when the Romans inhabited with the Celts in Britain
- 10The first period was the slightest of all the influences of Latin in Old English due to...the fact that many of those words were replaced and forgotten when Germanic tribes invaded Britain later
- 11OLD ENGLISH PERIOD: The second period is related to...the Christianization of Britain
- 12Examples of early influence of Latin during Old English period:-Religion: bishop, church.
-Clothes: silk, sock.
-Food: pear, oyster.
-Education: school, grammar. - 13Examples of Benedict Reform during Old English period:-Religion: creed, demon.
-Plants: cucumber, pine.
-Medicine: cancer, paralysis.
-Animals: tiger, camel. - 14The Norman conquest took place in...11th century
- 15Examples of Middle English period:- upper classes, government and nobility: majesty, minister, baron, madam, mistress, sir, prince(ss), duke-duchess
- religion: miracle, faith, heresy, sacrilege, redemption, mercy, divine and charity
- law: homicide
- literature and science: index, script, history, genius - 16By the 16th century, modern languages faced 3 main problems:1) lacked recognition
2) need uniform orthography
3) require enchichment of vocabulary - 17Latin words were known as _________ in the 17th century:inkhorn terms
- 18In the coining of new words, English used borrowed prefixes and suffixes derived from Latin, such asvice-, ex-, auto-, -arian, -ify or -ician.
- 19Examples of MODERN ENGLISH PERIOD:- Medicine: morphine, proteins.
- Science: energy, relativity.
- Psychology: egocentric, psychoanalysis.
- Education: curriculum, contents, methodology, evaluation. - 20Latinisms, which may be defined as ...linguistic loans from the Latin language towards another language
- 21Latinicisms may be...enriched or contaminated
borrowings or calques - 22borrowings refer to...words or expressions which maintain their original Latin spelling and pronunciation or have been relatively adapted
- 23calques refer to...words which have been translated literally from Latin in order to name a new reality
- 24Borrowings have also led to current misunderstandings in the language, such as the case of ...false friends
- 25Example of false friend derived from Latin:preservative (=chemical sustance for preserving food from decay)
- 26Apart from vocabulary, an ifnluence can be spotted in syntax in...passive constructions
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- Oposiciones OPOSICIONES 2023 (UNIT 41. ROMAN CONQUEST. INFLUENCE OF LATIN) FlashCards sobre UNIT 41, criado por Miriam González Cano em 28-04-2023.
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