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History of English

This class was created by Brainscape user Christina Frücht. Visit their profile to learn more about the creator.

By: Christina Frücht
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Decks in this class (14)

Introduction
Dichotomy 1,
Synchronic linguistics 2,
Diachronic 3
14  cards
Old English: Historical Background
Ca 500 bc 1,
55 bc romans try 2,
43 ad romans conquer 3
13  cards
Old English: Lexis
Old english vocabulary 1,
Foreign influences on old english 2,
Loan word 3
23  cards
Old English: Grammar
Main characteristics of old engli...,
Possible word order in oe 2,
Word order in mode 3
22  cards
Old English: Phonology
Reconstructing pronunciation 1,
Comparative reconstruction 2,
Internal reconstruction 3
14  cards
Middle English Background
Middle english 1,
Northmen 2,
1002 3
13  cards
Middle English: Lexis
Loan words in middle english 1,
French loans mirror anglo french ...,
Government and administration 3
24  cards
Middle English: Grammar
How did the grammatical system ch...,
Nouns simplification of declensio...,
Plural 3
19  cards
Middle English: Phonology
Vowels in old english monophthongs 1,
Vowels in middle english monophth...,
The phoneme inventory vowels 3
13  cards
Early Moder English Background
Early modern english timeline 1,
How can we access emode 2,
Renaissance 3
8  cards
Early Modern English: Lexis
Need for new words 1,
Consequence of loans consociation...,
Dissociation 3
23  cards
Early Modern English: Grammar
Standardization 1,
Oed oxford english dictionary 2,
Ending of the 3rd person singular 3
18  cards
Early Modern English: Phonology
Great vowel shift 1,
Three phases of the great vowel s...,
I eg in fly child tide spelling i...
29  cards
Mid Term Exam (last Semester)
Fill in the gaps in the family tr...,
Which date s could be given as th...,
Give the alternative name for eac...
11  cards

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