Seminar 3

Phonetic and Morphological Peculiarities of the Language of Early New English

(Ene) period

The Outline of Seminar 3

1. The English Phonology. The Great Vowel Shift. Its reasons.

2. Changes of unstressed vowels in ENE.

3. Changes within the system of stressed vowels:

1. changes of short vowels in ENE;

2. formation of new vowels in ENE;

3. emerging of new diphthongs and triphthongs.

4. Changes within the system of consonants:

1. vocalization of consonants;

2. growth of new sibilants and affricates;

3. loss of consonants;

4. simplification of consonant clusters.

5. Historical foundation of Modern English spelling.

6. Early New English Grammar:

1. the Noun in ENE;

2. the Pronoun in ENE;

3. the Adjective in ENE;

4. the Verb in ENE (standard and non-standard versus strong and weak; modal verbs; further development of analytical forms: perfect, continuous, passive, analytical subjunctive and forms with auxiliary "do").

Obligatory:

1. Verba L. "History of the English Language".-„Мова книга", 2006. Pp.152-188, 244-249. Text "Romeo and Juliet".

2. И. II. Иванова и др. «Практикум по истории английского язьїка». -М., 1985.

Theory Урок14, р.100-104; Урок15, р.105-113; Урокіб, 17, р.113-123

Texts for analysis Text24 (p. 100); Text26 (p. 106); Text "Romeo and Juliet" Verba L.

pp.244-249 (Pay special attention to the italicized words and phrases) Assignments 1, 6, 7, 9 (p. 101); 19, 20 (p.102); 1-4 (p.107); 16 (p.108);20, (р.109);22(р.И0)

3. B. Ilyish. "History of the English Language".-M., 1973. Pp.254-272; 273-277.

4. Lectures on the material.

Additional Literature:

1. G. I. Stoudenets. "History of the English Language in Tables". -K., 19. Tables 85-95; 97-101,103.

Questions for Self-Testing:

1. What's the essence of Great Vowel Shift(GVS)? What approaches to its reasons do you know?

2. What are the exceptions to the GVS?

3. How did unstressed vowels develop in ENE?

4. Enumerate the changes which took place within the system of consonants?

5. What new long vowels appeared in ENE?

6. What new short vowels appeared in ENE?

7. How can you explain so great a discrepancy between sounding and spelling of words in Mod. E.?

8. What changes occurred within the system of the Noun in ENE?

9. What changes can you name within the system of the Pronoun in ENE?

10. What were the changes within the system of the Adjective in ENE?

11. How did the system of the Verb change in ENE?

Іv. Self-study assignments samples Self-Study Work Topics

1. Main historical events

2. The Adverb in OE. Old English Syntax. Old English vocabulary.

3. Early New English written records.

4. Main historical events of Early New English. Conditions for linguistic unity.

5. Vocabulary of Early English Syntax of the language of Early New English period.

V. Rating assessment system

The module includes the following:

Semester rating			Examination grading
Current grading		Module test grading
In-class work	Self-study work

Current grading of all students’ activities (in-class work and self-study work) should be done according to the traditional 4-grade scale („5”, „4”, „3”, „2”). At the end of the module an instructor is to give an average grade for a student’s in-class work and self-study work. This grade is transformed into the semester rating by way of multiplying it by 10 (ten). Thus, the maximum semester grade is 50.

Module Test (henceforth MT) is a part of semester rating. MT is taken at the end of the semester. The average grade for a student’s MT is given according to the 4-grade scale: «5», «4», «3», «2». These grades are transformed into the MT grading according to the following Module Test Assessment Scale:

«5» — 20 points;

«4» — 16 points;

«3» — 12 points;

«2» — 8 points.

non-attendance of the Module Test – 0 point.

Thus, semester rating is a sum of Current grading and MT grading.

The examination consists of the answers to three examination questions. Every examination card question is assessed with the help of the four-point scale: «5», «4», «3», «2». Consequently, a student has three grades for the examination, which are transformed into the rating points in the following way:

Examination Questions Assessment Scale

«5» — 10 points;

«4» — 8 points;

«3» — 6 points;

«2» — 4 points.

All points (the three examination question points) are added up. The sum makes the examination score – 30.