History of English - W06 Flashcards
1
Q
Venacular Languages
A
Medieval Languages
(of the people, generally spoken)
2
Q
Middle Age Literacy
A
- Latin (Clergy)
- Expensive (parchemin sheep skin)
3
Q
Futhorc
(vs. Latin)
A
- Runic Script
- No J,K,Q,V,Z
- eth (dt), yogh (3), aesc (ae)
- thorn (Ip), wynn (P)
- i=j
- Phonemic writing system
4
Q
”"”Qu”” in English
- Origin
“
A
French
5
Q
sc (OE) = PDE
A
Sh
- sceotan = Showtan, shoot
6
Q
cg (OE) = PDE
A
Does not exist in PDE (^j)
7
Q
C (OE) = PDE (pronunciation)
A
Always (k)
8
Q
Consonants (One to one correspondence)
Exceptions
A
- ‘þ’ + ‘ð’ (both used for) [Ө] + [ð]
- wynn ‘ƿ’ = [w]
- yogh ‘ȝ’ = [g], [j]
- h = [h], [ç] or [x]
- sc = sh
- cg [j̆]
9
Q
Umluaut (OE)
A
- fronting and raising
- found in inflectional endings (lost)
10
Q
OE (Values of Characters - Vowels)
A
- Long and short vowels
- Diagraph (ae)
- 4 New Vowel Sounds
- Umluaut
11
Q
OE (Long and Short Vowels)
A
- i [i] or [ɪ]
- Distinguish Meaning
12
Q
OE
- 4 New Vowel Sounds
A
- ȳ [ȳ]
- y [Y]
- ea [æə]
- eo [ɛə]
13
Q
Old English (Compositions)
A
- Almost all Proto-Germanic
- Borrowings (Latin, Old Norse)
- Compounding (Roots, Self-Explaining)
- Derivations (affixes + suffixes to existing roots)
14
Q
Old English
(Accusative Case)
A
- Direct Object
15
Q
Old English
(Nominative Case)
A
- Subject of Sentence
