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History of English - Ex. 4 Flashcards

1
Q

Polysynthetic

A

Create entire word-sentences

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2
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Inflection

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Same word modified (Grammatical)

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3
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Derivation

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Creation of a new word (Meaning)

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4
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English vs. Sanskrit

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  • Both IE family
  • E: Germanic, S: Indo-Iranian
  • E: Living, S: Dead (older)
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5
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Grimm’s Law explained

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  • Systematic sound correspondences
  • Germanic / Non-Germ. of the IE family
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6
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Europeans Ancestors (Hypothesis)

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— Indo-European —
1 - Garden of Eden
2 - Steppes of Kurgan (Central Russia)

3 - Northen Climate (Central Europe)

3 - IE cognates for Winter, Snow, not for Ocean, Camel

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7
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Surviving Celts Descendants

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  • Welsh - 0.8
  • Gaelic (Irish Scots) - 0.22
  • Breton (French) - 1.2
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8
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Number of Speakers Calculation

A

Language censures and predictions

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9
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Welsh is characterized by

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  • Lilt pronunciation
  • Specific Sentence structure
  • Flamboyance descriptive
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10
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Welsh word origin

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AS: wealas (foreigner)

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11
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Cymry

A

”- Welsh Cymraeg

  • Called themselves ““fellow-countrymen””
    “
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Chester

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”- Roman for ““Camp””

  • Romans on British Isles Influence on Celts
  • Manchester, Winchester
    “
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13
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We base our knowledge of Germanic Tribes on

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  • Tacitus (Roman Historian 1st Century)
  • Bede’s Ecclesiastical History + Anglo-Saxon Chronicles
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Germanic Tribes move to Baltic regions

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  • Norse Tongue Scandinavian
  • West Germanic Languages (High Low)
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Angles and Saxon came from (today)

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  • Holland, Germany, Denmark
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16
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Angles invaded from

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Schleswig-Holstein

17
Q

Jutes came from

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Juteland (Frisia)

18
Q

Moorleichen

A
  • Bog people
  • Corpse of Germanic Sacrifice Victims
  • Uncovered Denmark 19th C.
19
Q

Frisians

(+ descendants and language)

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  • Raiding Germanic Tribe
  • Desc: Friesland (islands Holland)
  • Language Gen. Closest to English
20
Q

Germanic Invaders

(Tribes)

A

Angles

Saxons

Jutes

21
Q

The Anglo-Saxons set up seven Germanic kingdoms in Britain

A

— Early English into Dialects —

  • Northumbria
  • Mercia
  • East Anglia
  • Kent
  • Essex
  • Sussex
  • Wessex
22
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Why can we say that the relations between the Germanic invaders and the conquered Britons were not good.

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The obvious lack of Celtic influence on the vocabulary of English

23
Q

England (Creation)

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  • 1000
  • Aethelbert of Kent first king (600)
  • Anglecynn spoke Englisc (OE)
24
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The Anglo-Saxon traits in the English of today

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  • Undestatement
  • Riddles
  • Intricacy
  • Interlacing
25
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Dannish King in England

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  • 1000
  • King Canute
  • Viking Danish complete integration in English Society
26
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Sir William Jones (as an Official)

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  • British Official in India
  • Learned Sanskrit (lang. of indian law)
27
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The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

(Collection During what)

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  • Alfred the Great reign
28
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King Arthur

A
  • 6th Century
  • Resistance Germanic tribes invasion
  • Legendary Celt Military Leader
  • Arthorius
29
Q

Celtic fringe

A
  • Outside Edges of British Isles
  • Where Germanic invaders pushed Britons
30
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Alfred the Great

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”- King of Wessex

  • Only ““Great””
  • 871 (brother killed by Danes)
  • Pushed Danes North Ruled South
  • Father of British Lit.
  • Translated Bede Latin-English

”

31
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Words of Anglo-Saxon Origin

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  • — Farmer / AS daily Life —-
  • Sheep
  • Shepherd
  • Swine
  • Dog
  • Earth
  • Wood
  • Field
  • Work
  • Glee
  • Laughter
32
Q

Danelaw

(definitionS)

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  • Old Roman Road (London-Chester)
  • Dane territory after Peace w/ Alfred the Great
  • Line dividing Vikings - AS
33
Q

Central Pronouns

(+ Origins)

A

They, Their, Them

  • Scandinavian
34
Q

Place-Name from Old-Norse

A

Endings

  • by: Derby
  • wick: Swainswich, Chiswick

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