- •Федеральное агентство по образованию
- •Contents
- •Introduction the subject of the history of the english language. The indo-european family of languages. Germanic languages. The periods in the history of english 5
- •Indo-European Language Family 6
- •Variant I 86
- •Causes of language changes
- •Historical Linguistics
- •Indo-European Language Family
- •Indo-European languages tree
- •Germanic Languages
- •Peculiarities of Germanic languages
- •Germanic people. Origin and culture
- •Germanic Alphabet
- •Periods in the History of English
- •The Old English period: brief outline and main features
- •The Middle English period: brief outline and main features
- •The Modern English period: brief outline and main features
- •The old english period Historical Background: Prehistoric Britain, Roman Britain, Anglo-Saxon Britain
- •Old English Writings
- •How Do We Know What Old English Pronunciation Was Like?
- •The Old English Sound System
- •Phonetic Changes in Old English
- •Vowel changes
- •Consonants changes
- •Old English Grammar The Old English Noun
- •The Old English Pronoun
- •Interrogative pronouns
- •Indefinite pronouns
- •The Old English Adjective
- •The Old English Verb
- •Irregular (anomalous) verbs.
- •The Old English Numeral
- •The Old English Adverb
- •The Old English Auxiliary Words
- •The Old English Syntax
- •Old English Vocabulary Composition
- •Word building
- •Foreign influences on Old English
- •The middle english period Historical background: Medieval Britain
- •Changes in Spelling
- •Phonetic Changes in Middle English
- •Vowel changes:
- •Changes in Middle English Grammar
- •Changes in Middle English Vocabulary
- •The modern english period Historical background: Tudor Britain, Stuart Britain
- •General Changes in Modern English Phonology
- •The Great Vowel Shift
- •Early Modern English Grammar Changes and features of ModE noun system
- •The Modern English Pronoun
- •Changes and features of Early ModE verbal system
- •Early Modern English Syntax
- •Features of Early ModE vocabulary:
- •Part II The Old English Period
- •Part III the Middle English period
- •Part IV The Modern English Period
- •Appendix 1: British History Timeline
- •Appendix 2: Control tests
- •Part III.
- •Task IV.
- •Instructions: Read the following extract from Hamlet by Shakespeare and do the tasks below.
- •Variant II
- •Instructions: Basing on the Grimm’s law, explain the correspondences of underlined sounds in the following words of the common root from Germanic and non-Germanic Indo-European languages.
- •Instructions: Provide grammatical analysis of the suggested elements from the sentence below:
- •Verbs — strong or weak type, define tense, aspect, mood, person, number.
- •Part III.
- •Instructions: Read the passage in Middle English, analyze the part in bold and do the tasks below.
- •Task IV.
- •Instructions: Read the following extract from Hamlet by Shakespeare and do the tasks below.
- •Variant III.
- •Part III.
- •Instructions: Read the passage in Middle English, analyze the part in bold and do the tasks below.
- •Task IV.
- •Instructions: Read the following extract from Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare and do the tasks below.
- •Variant IV
- •Part III.
- •Instructions: Read the passage in Middle English, analyze the part in bold and do the tasks below.
- •Task IV.
- •Instructions: Read the following extract from The Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare and do the tasks below.
- •Variant V
- •Part III.
- •Instructions: Read the passage in Middle English, analyze the part in bold and do the tasks below.
- •Task IV.
- •Instructions: Read the following extract from the Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare and do the tasks below.
- •Related reading
- •Internet resources
- •Г. А. Васильцова история английского языка и введение в специальную филологию
Instructions: Read the passage in Middle English, analyze the part in bold and do the tasks below.
The Physician's Tale
lines 1-17: About a knight called Virginius and his wife and daughter
About The Physician's Tale:
A knight called Virginius has a wife and a beautiful virtuous fourteen-year-old daughter called Virginia. One day, a false judge named Appius sees Virginia and decides he will have her regardless the cost. However, Virginius rather kills his daughter instead of handing her over to the judge.
The plot of the Physician's Tale is quite unsatisfactory. Its only purpose is to pass through a simple and dull moral warning: forsake your sin before sin forsakes you.
Heere folweth the Phisiciens Tale.
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Ther was, as telleth Titus Livius, A knyght that called was Virginius, Fulfild of honour and of worthynesse, And strong of freendes, and of greet richesse. 5 This knyght a doghter hadde by his wyf, No children hadde he mo in al his lyf. Fair was this mayde in excellent beautee Aboven every wight that man may see. For Nature hath with sovereyn diligence 10 Yformed hir in so greet excellence, As though she wolde seyn, "Lo, I, Nature, Thus kan I forme and peynte a creature Whan that me list; who kan me countrefete? |
There was, as tells us Titus Livius, A knight whose name was called Virginius, Fulfilled of honour and of worthiness, Who many friends and much wealth did possess. 5 This knight had had a daughter by his wife, Nor children more had he in all his life. Fair was this virgin, in excellent beauty Above all others that a man may see; For Nature had, with sovereign diligence, 10 Moulded her to so great an excellence She seemed to say: "Behold now, I, Nature, Thus can I form and paint a creature pure When I desire. Who can it counterfeit? |
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Explain the development of the following words from OE to MidE:
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Task IV.
Subject: The Early Modern English period
Instructions: Read the following extract from Taming of the Shrew by Shakespeare and do the tasks below.
The Taming of the Shrew
Lord.
This fellow I remember,
94: Since once he plaide a Farmers eldest sonne,
95: 'Twas where you woo'd the Gentlewoman so well:
96: I haue forgot your name: but sure that part
97: Was aptly fitted, and naturally perform'd.
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Sincklo.
I thinke 'twas Soto that your honor meanes.
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Lord.
'Tis verie true, thou didst it excellent:
100: Well you are come to me in happie time,
101: The rather for I haue some sport in hand,
102: Wherein your cunning can assist me much.
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