2. Verba l. History of the English Language.-Nova Knyha,

2004.

P.118-122;125-128;130-141.

3. B. Ilyish. History of the English Language.-л.,1973.

P.174-179;180-183;185-186.

4. И. П. Иванова и др. Практикум по истории

английского языка.-М.,1985.

Theory Texts for analysis Assignments Exercises

Les.11,12,13, pp.78-93 Text13, p.80 12, p.83 1-4, p.85-86

14-16,18-20, p.84

Text14, p.84 17, p.97 3, p.92

26,27, p.98

Text16-21, p.88-91 1,8, p.88

13-16, p.89

Text22, p.95 26, p.90; 29, p.91

Additional: 1. T. A. Rastorguyeva. History of English.-M.,1983.

P.220-294(choosing only material on ME).

2. G. I. Stoudenets. History of the English Language in

Tables.-K.,1998.

Tables 75-81.

Questions for Self-testing:

1. What factors prove that the grammatical category of gender continues to decay in ME?

2. Which of the nominal grammatical categories were the first to decay?

3. Which of the cases of nouns fell together in ME and what was the reason for that?

4. What factors promoted the reduction of cases within the system of the Noun and the Adjective in ME?

5. How did the Genitive case of nouns develop in ME?

6. Was the process of the development of declensions the same in different dialects?

7. What new class of pronouns appeared in ME?

8. What changes occurred within the system of demonstrative pronouns in ME?

9. What article was the first to appear in ME and what factors promoted its rise?

10. What is the connection between the rise of articles, development of pronouns and the decay of the declensions of adjectives?

11. Did any analytical forms develop within the system of the nominal part of speech in ME?

12. What new form building means developed within the system of the Verb in ME?

13. What changes characterize the present tense paradigm in ME? In what does it differ from ModE?

14. How did the plural endings of the present tense develop in ME?

15. Which of the classes of verbs (strong or weak) are more productive in ME? Why?

16. What changes affected the classes of weak verbs in ME?

17. What changes affected the classes of strong verbs in ME?

18. How many basic forms of verbs existed in OE? How did they develop in ME? How did it influence ModE?

19. Which of the preterite-present verbs that existed in OE went out of use in ME?

20. What changes affected the verbs 'should' and 'would' in ME?

21. What can you say about the rise of Passive, Future, Perfect and Continuous forms in English? Why did the forms appear only in ME but not earlier?

1. Seminar 7 New English Period. Main Historical Events. New English Phonology. Great Vowel Shift. Other Phonological Changes. Foundations of Modern English Spelling.

Part 1: Get ready for a test on the theme: “Middle English Grammar”. Use

materials to Seminar 6 (the previous one).

A sample of the test:

TEST 9. Card N...

Make the morphological analysis of all the verbs and verbals from the text ... on p. ... Analyze the form of each of them in ME (class, person, number, tense, mood - for verbs; form - for verbals). Compare the unit with the corresponding word in OE and state the changes it underwent in ME.

Part 2: New English Period. Main Historical Events. New English

Phonology. Great Vowel Shift. Other Phonological Changes.

Foundations of Modern English Spelling.

The Outline of Seminar 7

Points for Discussions:

1. General Characteristics of the NE Period.

2. Social Structure: transition from feudalism to capitalism.

3. Economic Concentration.

4. The Appearance of the Printing Press.

5. The Activities of Different Scholars and Their Contribution into the Development of the Language.

6. NE Phonology. The Great Vowel Shift.

7. Changes of Short Vowels in ENE.

8. Vocalization of Consonants and Formation of New Vowels in NE.

9. Growth of New Sibilants and Affricates in ENE.

10. Voicing of Consonants in ENE.

11. Changes of Unstressed Vowels in ENE.

12. Changes within the System of Stressed Vowels:

    1. transformation of -er into -ar;

    2. emerging of new diphthongs;

    3. emerging of new short phonemes and its causes;

    4. emerging of new long phonemes and its causes.

13. Consonant System in ENE:

    1. falling off [x] and [j];

    2. voicing of voiceless fricatives in unstressed positions;

    3. emerging of new sibilants and its interpretation;

    4. loss of consonants;

    5. simplification of consonant clusters.

14. Historical Foundation of Modern English Spelling.

Recommended Literature

Obligatory 1. Lectures on the theme.