Early Modern English - Glossary

Question 1

The Early Modern English Period covers what years?

Answer 1

1500-1700

Question 2

An Ampersand is which symbol, used as an abbreviation?

Example?

Answer 2

& Symbol

Example: &c = etc

Question 3

An ‘Ap___ {E}’ is often found on which word class?

• “Shee” is a ___ person s__ pronoun
• “__” –> 1st personal plural pronoun

Answer 3

Pronouns

“Shee” –> 3rd person singular pronoun

“Wee” –> 1st personal plural pronoun

Question 4

When ‘eth’ or ‘est’ is present in a word - such as KNOWETH this is known as?

Answer 4

Archaic Inflection

Question 5

Capitalisation

is SELF e___ but in Early Modern English there was non-

standard capitalisation of n___ with what purpose?

Answer 5

Explanatory

nouns

emphasis

Question 6

When a text says “Methinks”

this is an example of which method, begining with C?

Answer 6

Compounding

Question 7

Which letters are Consonants?

Answer 7

Everything excluding A,E,I,O,U

Question 8

The Method of “D__ of Letters” was often used in adjectives

such as …

Answer 8

Doubling

Skillfull –> where in PDE there’s only ONEL used in the final positions

Question 9

Double Negatives are seen as un___ in Present Day English

but often used for what in Early Modern English?

• Which well known text has examples of Double Negatives?

Answer 9

Ungrammatical

Emphasis

First Translation of the Bible By King James

Question 10

• Who’s dictionary was the first substantial one that contributed to the standardisation of English spelling & d___
• When was it published? {Modern E.}
• How many words did it contain?

Answer 10

Definitions

Dr. Johnson’s

1755

40,000

Question 11

What is it called when the E vowel is ommitted from the EDsuffix and replaced by an o___ ap___?

Answer 11

Omissive Apostrophe

Method: Elided ‘ed Suffix

Question 12

When the English language ‘borrows’ from French with words

such as “R___que” this is known as?

{F.I.O.T.S}

Answer 12

Romantique

French Influence on the Spelling

Question 13

What type of influence is seen when nouns are

CAPITALISED?

Answer 13

Germanic

Question 14

The THREE positions where something can be located are?

{I.M.F}

Answer 14

Initial, Medial, Final

Question 15

There are different interchanges in the Early Modern English

Period such as:

Answer 15

U/V

I/Y

Question 16

• King James’ Bible was an English translation of the Christian Bible for which church?

It begun in 1604 and was completed & published in which year?

• It has been described as one of the most important books in English c___ as well as a driving force in the shaping of what?

Answer 16

Church of England

1611

Culture

The English Speaking World

Question 17

• What was the name of one of the first attempts to make

English language more respected + accessible?

How many words did this book have?

• When was the book first published & what era is this classed as?

Answer 17

Mulcaster’s Elementarie

8000

1582 –> Early Modern English Period

Question 18

What are examples of Non Compounded Reflexive Pronouns?

Answer 18

‘him self’ & ‘my self’ –> which are compounded in Present Day English

Question 19

In the sentence “the Turks Drink” what method of omission is

being used?

Answer 19

Omission of Possessive Apostrophe

Question 20

Like the Omission of the Possessive apostrophe, you can

simply have ‘Omission Of An Apostrophe’ which is used to

elide what suffix & on what verb?

EG“Hop’d”

Answer 20

Elide an ‘ed’ suffix on a stative verb

like “hop’d”

Question 21

What is it called when a writer uses various spellings of the

same word such as “Dropsy” & “Dropsie” ?

Answer 21

Orthographical Variation

Question 22

Passive Voice is when what happens to the subject of the

verb?

Answer 22

The subject is a recipient of a verb’s action

Question 23

Phonetic Spelling refers to when words were written …

Answer 23

How they were said

EG Peece

Question 24

The most common examples of this method are “twas” and

“tis” –> what’s the method?

{Clue: P__litics}

Answer 24

Proclitics

Question 25

There are two type of Redunant somethings:

1.) Redundant Superlative - Sir Thomas, Ben Jonson &

Shakespeare used them, what was Shakespeare’s example?

2.)? & the example comes from Sh___ again with “More Elder”

{B.U.H}

Answer 25

Redundant Comparative

“Most boldest, most unkindest & most heaviest”

Question 26

Both People & Things could be refered to as ‘which’ and this

method is called?

Answer 26

‘Relative Pronoun Which’

Question 27

Although not the first, who outlined the rules of grammar in

“A Short Introduction to Grammar” ?

What year? This would’ve no longer been the EME. era but rather…

Answer 27

Robert Lowth

1762 –> Modern English Period

Question 28

Sentence Division refers to when what TWO forms of

punctuation were used & functioned as full stops?

Answer 28

Colon & Semi Colon

Question 29

Standardisation refers to the process by which c______ forms of language are established & ____

Standardisation can occur as a natural _______ of a language OR

as an effort by members of a community to impose what?

Answer 29

Conventional

Maintained

Development

1 Dialect as a standard

Question 30

Subordination just means what type of clauses tend to be used in Early Modern English?

Answer 30

Subordinate Clauses

Question 31

What are the FOUR Early Modern English second person

singular pronouns? {4t’s}

Answer 31

Thee

Thou

Thine

Thy