- •3.2. Плани семінарських занять
- •3.2.1. Seminar 1 English as a Germanic Language.
- •3. B. Ilyish. History of the English Language.-л.,1973.
- •2. G. I. Stoudenets. History of the English Language in
- •3.2.2. Seminar 2 Old English Phonology. Main Features and the Changes.
- •3.2.3. Seminar 3 Old English Grammar. Nominal Parts of Speech.
- •2. Verba l. History of the English Language.-Nova Knyha,
- •3. B. Ilyish. History of the English Language.-л.,1973.
- •4. И. П. Иванова и др. Практикум по истории
- •2. G. I. Stoudenets. History of the English Language in
- •3.2.4. Seminar 4 Old English Grammar. The Verb. Morphological Classes of Verbs. Verb Conjugation. Non-finite Forms in Old English.
- •2. Verba l. History of the English Language.-Nova Knyha,
- •3. B. Ilyish. History of the English Language.-л.,1973.
- •4. И. П. Иванова и др. Практикум по истории
- •2. G. I. Stoudenets. History of the English Language in
- •3.2.5. Seminar 5 Middle English Phonology. Quantitative and Qualitative Changes of Stressed and Unstressed Vowels. Changes within the System of Consonants.
- •2. Verba l. History of the English Language.-Nova Knyha,
- •3. B. Ilyish. History of the English Language.-л.,1973.
- •2. G. I. Stoudenets. History of the English Language in
- •2. Verba l. History of the English Language.-Nova Knyha,
- •3. B. Ilyish. History of the English Language.-л.,1973.
- •4. И. П. Иванова и др. Практикум по истории
- •2. G. I. Stoudenets. History of the English Language in
- •3.2.6. Seminar 6 Middle English Grammar. Changes within the Nominal Parts of Speech. Changes within the System of Verb.
- •2. Verba l. History of the English Language.-Nova Knyha,
- •3. B. Ilyish. History of the English Language.-л.,1973.
- •4. И. П. Иванова и др. Практикум по истории
- •2. G. I. Stoudenets. History of the English Language in
- •Seminar 7 New English Period. Main Historical Events. New English Phonology. Great Vowel Shift. Other Phonological Changes. Foundations of Modern English Spelling.
- •2. Verba l. History of the English Language.-Nova Knyha,
- •3. B. Ilyish. History of the English Language.-л.,1973.
- •4. И. П. Иванова и др. Практикум по истории
- •2. G. I. Stoudenets. History of the English Language in
3.2.5. Seminar 5 Middle English Phonology. Quantitative and Qualitative Changes of Stressed and Unstressed Vowels. Changes within the System of Consonants.
Part 1: Get ready for a test on the theme: “Middle English Period in the
History of the English Language. The Scandinavian and the Norman
Conquests (to be mastered independently).
Points to be covered:
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British society during the ME period.
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Main historical events of the ME period.
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Scandinavion invasion.
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Linquistic consequences of Scandinavian invasion.
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The Norman conquest.
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The struggle between the French and the English languages.
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Linquistic consequences of the Norman conquest.
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Major ME dialects.
See also questions for self-testing.
Recommended Literature
Obligatory 1. Lectures on the theme.
2. Verba l. History of the English Language.-Nova Knyha,
2004.
P.102-108.
3. B. Ilyish. History of the English Language.-л.,1973.
P.134-142; 148-155.
Additional: 1. T. A. Rastorguyeva. History of English.-M.,1983.
P.149-163.
2. G. I. Stoudenets. History of the English Language in
Tables.-K.,1998.
Tables 61-64.
3. Baugh A & Cable T. A History of the English Language .-
London,1978.
A sample of the test:
Answer the following questions:
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What centuries does ME period embrace?
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How long did the Danelaw exist?
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Try to find in the following sentence linquistic units borrowed during the ME period:
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from French;
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from Scandinavian dialects.
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Questions for Self-testing:
1. What centuries does ME period embrace?
2. When did the Scandinavian invasion take place?
3. What were the main stages of the Scandinavian invasion?
4. When did the Scandinavians destroy the Lindisfarne Abbey?
5. When did the Scandinavians burn London?
6. When did the Scandinavians conquer East Anglia?
7. When did the Scandinavians conquer Mercia?
8. When did the battle of Wedmore take place?
9. What is "Danelaw"?
10. How long did Danelaw exist?
11. How long did the Scandinavian invasion last?
12. Why are the consequences of the Scandinavian invasion referred
to ME period (not OE)?
13. What language did the Scandinavians speak? What group of
languages did it belong to?
14. What factors promoted close contacts between the Scandinavian
and the Anglo-Saxon dialects?
15. What stages can be discerned within the period of the Norman
reign in England?
16. What language did the Normans speak? What group of languages
did it belong to?
17. How long did the Norman conquest last?
18. What languages existed in England after the Norman conquest?
In what spheres did each of them function?
19. What were the semantic spheres to which the borrowings from
French belonged?
20. What is the difference between the Scandinavian and the Norman
in influence upon English?
21. What main dialects existed in England in ME?
22. Name the linguistic units borrowed into English as a result of the
Scandinavian invasion.
23. What phonetic features characterize the words of Scandinavian
origin in English?
24. What geographical names are considered to be Scandinavian
borrowings in English?
25. How can you prove that the following geographical names are of
Scandinavian origin: Whitby, Appleby, Brintoft, Lowestoft,
Norwich, Totnes, Warwick, Wandsbeck, etc.?
26. What letters and digraphs were introduced into English by the
Norman scribes?
27. What semantic sphere does each of the following borrowings
belong to: autumn, harvest, table, chair, money, dinner, supper,
air, river, large, terrible, stupid, tender, enter, consent, travel?
28. Try to find in the following extract the words which were
borrowed into English during the ME period:
Between 1600 and the present, in armies, navies, companies, and expeditions, the speakers of English - including Scots, Irish, Welsh, American, and many more - traveled into every corner of the globe, carrying their language and culture with them. Today, English is used by at least 750 million people, and barely half of those speak it as a mother tongue. Some estimates have put that figure closer to 1 billion. Whatever the total, English at the end of the twentieth century is more widely scattered, more than any other language has ever been. It has become the language of the planet, the first truly global language.
(Mc Crum and others. The Story of English.)
29. Were any formal grammatical elements borrowed into English as
a result of the Scandinavian invasion? of the Norman conquest?
Part 2: Middle English Phonology. Quantitative and Qualitative
Changes of Stressed and Unstressed Vowels. Changes within
the System of Consonants. Spelling in ME.
The Outline of Seminar 5
Points for Discussions:
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ME Vowel System as Compared with OE.
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Qualitative Changes within the Set of Stressed Vowels in ME. Dialect Differences of Some Vowels.
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Quantitative Changes of Stressed Vowels in ME. Leveling of ME Vowels: lengthening and shortening.
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Reduction of Unstressed Vowels in ME.
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Development of Diphthongs in ME:
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monophthongization of OE diphthongs;
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formation of new diphthongs in ME.
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Main Changes within the System of Consonants in ME:
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assibilation;
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shortening of long consonants;
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vocalization of consonants;
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loss of initial 'h' before sonorants;
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loss of 'n' in inflexions.
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Spelling in ME.
Recommended Literature
Obligatory 1. Lectures on the theme.