Week 9 Flashcards
1
Q
1430
A
Chancery records in East Midlands dialect
2
Q
1476
A
Caxtons printing press
3
Q
1485
A
Henry tudor VII makes English language of court
4
Q
1700
A
GVS complete, first attempt at standardisation
5
Q
1700
A
GVS complete, first attempt at standardisation
6
Q
View on English changed
A
renaissance
reformation (bible translations)
social change
7
Q
Inkhorn terms
A
highbrow words
8
Q
pro-inkhorns
A
adds sophistications to language
9
Q
purists
A
pedantry, English words need to replace latin terms
10
Q
William Tyndale
A
translated bible into English
11
Q
Morphological changes EmodE
A
weak verbs become strong
possessive pronouns (its)
re-analysis of gen ending (‘es to his)
comparatives (intro of more and most)
12
Q
Thou
A
singular
13
Q
Dummy ‘do’
A
NICE
from causative
14
Q
GVS
A
i-> ai
e -> i
3->e
ae->3
a->3
u->au
o->u
/c->eu
c->o
