- •A change of vowel caused by partial assimilation to the following vowel is: Mutation
- •By whom was printing invented?: Johann Gutenberg
- •I n which country did not English entirely supersede French?: Canada
- •In which country is English a state language alongside the Hindi and Urdu?: India
- •The author of “Beowulf” is: Unknown
- •The greatest poet of 18 century who edited Shakespeare’s works in 1725: Alexander Pope
- •The Scots led by whom rebelled against English rule in 14th century?: Robert Bruce
- •When did the English language penetrate into America?: In the early 17th century
- •When was Ireland conquered by the English?: In the early 17th century
- •When was printing invented?: In 1438
- •Where was printing invented?: Mayence
- •Which event of 15th century did greatly help for the normalization of spelling?: Introduction of printing
Where was printing invented?: Mayence
Where was the “Runic Casket” found?: France
Where was the English language spoken until the 17th century?: The British Isles
Where was the first daily English language newspaper published?: London
Where was the first newspaper published?: London
Where was the village of Ruthwell situated?: South-East Scotland
Where was the Winchester replaced?: 100 km from London
Where were new technical words added as inventors designed various products and machinery?: Vocabulary
Which alphabet did replace Runic in Old English system?: Latin
Which alphabet was used by Old Germanic in the 3rd century?: Runic
Which alphabet was used in poems of Ruthwell Cross?: Runic
Which alphabets were used in Old English?: Runic and Latin
Which alphabets were used in Old English?: The Runic and the Latin
Which alphabets were used in writings in Old English?: The Runic and the Latin
Which book was read many times during the 16th century?: Bible
Which cases did exist in Middle English?: Nominative, Genitive, Dative, Accusative
Which city becomes the capital of England in 828?: Winchester
Which dialect did Osbern Bokenam use in his poems?: Suffolk
Which dialect did prevail over others in Late MidE?: London
Which dialect is represented by the works of king Alfred?: The West-Saxon
Which dialect is represented by translation of the Psalter and hymns?: The Mercian
Which dialect was spoken by Angels between the Humber and the Themes?: Mercian
Which dialect was spoken by Angels living north of the Humber?: Northumbrian
Which dialect was spoken by Anglo-Saxons?: Old English
Which dialects are commonly distinguished in Middle English?: Southern, Midland, Northern
Which dialects are commonly distinguished in Old English?: Kentish, West Saxon, Mercian, Northumbrian
Which dialects did the Southern group include?: The Kentish and the South-Western
Which division of the English language did Henry Sweet propose?: Old English, Middle English, Modern English
Which division of the English language did Henry Sweet propose?: Old English, Middle English, Modern English
Which epic poem of Old English period are the best-known?: “Beowulf”
Which event did increase literacy in the Modern English period?: public education
Which event of 15th century did greatly help for the normalization of spelling?: Introduction of printing
Which event of the 15th century did help the normalization of spelling?: Introduction of printing
Which Germanic tribes came to Britain in the 5th century?: Saxons,Angles and Jutes
Which group of Middle English dialects do indeed the Kentish and the South – Western dialects?: Southern
Which is the common ancestor of all the Germanic languages?: Proto-Germanic
Which kingdoms were taking upper hand in an Old English?: Northumbria, Mercia
W hich language branch does the Indo-European language family consist of?: Germanic
Which language of Middle English was a language of a formal life in England?: French
Which literature work was published in 1678 which showed a strong influence of biblical tradition on the one hand, and of the popular language on other?: “The Pilgrim`s Progress” by John Bunyan
Which Middle English dialect did make the basis of the London dialect?: East-Saxon
Which of the 7 kingdoms had won the war in 828?: Wessex
Which of these creative works belong to Geoffrey Chaucer?: Canterbury Tales
Which Old English document was made of whale bone?: Runic Cusket
Which period is notable by triangualism in English, French and Latin?: Middle English
Which period of English is characterized for the Great Vowel Shift?: Middle English
Which process does mean a change of vowel caused by partial assimilation to the following vowel?: Mutation
Which three Germanic tribes did come to the British Isles from various parts of northwest Germany?: Saxons, Angles, Jutes
Which tree tribes caused to the beginning of English language history?: Anglos, Saxon, Jutes
Which tribes did mostly influence on English?: Norsemen
Which two alphabets were in Old English used?: Runic and Latin
Which two alphabets were used in Old English?: The Runic and Latin
Which two alphabets were used in writings in Old English?: The Runic and the Latin
Which two languages did influence on Middle English?: Anglo – Norman and late Anglo – French
Which words came from Mexico?: tomato, chocolate
Which words did the Romans give to the English language?: Butter, chess, dish, wine
Who are the publishers of the magazine “The Spectator” (1711 - 1714)?: Joseph Addison and Richard Steele
Who became the king of England in 828?: Ecgberht
Who concurred and colonized the part of Britain during the VIII – IX centuries?: the speakers of the Scandinavian branch
Who did establish the first English printing press in 1476?: William Saxton
Who did establish the first English printing press?: William Caxton
Who did express the idea of a strict norm in language?: Samuel Johnson
Who did open the way for the introduction of Norman French as a language of polite discourse and literature?: Normans
Who did publish the 1st significant English dictionary in 1755?: Samuel Johnson
Who did publish the first English printed book “The Recuyeil of the Histories of Troy”?: William Caxton
Who did write “Rules for True Spelling and Writing English” in 1724?: William Baker
Who did write Beowulf?: Unknown author
Who gave the beginning to English language?: Germanic tribes
Who introduced the concept of a synchronic linguistics as opposed to diachronic first?: Swiss scholar Ferdinand de Saussure
Who is the best-known poet of Middle English period?: Geoffrey Chaucer
Who is the most famous writer of the Middle English period?: Geoffrey Chaucer
Who was an author of the epic poem “Beowulf”?: Unknown author
Who was called as the founder of realism?: Chaucer
Who was Henry Sweet?: Scholar
Who was Samuel Johnson’s farther?: Bookseller
Who was the author of “Beowulf”?: Unknown
Who was the author of “Logonomia Anglica”?: Alexander Gill
Who was the author of the first English Dictionary?: Samuel Johnson
Who was the most famous writer of Middle English?: Geoffrey Chaucer
Who were the main characters of the story “Canterbury Tales”?: Pilgrims
Who wrote “Canterbury Tales”?: Geoffrey Chaucer
Who wrote the epic poem “Beowulf”?: Unknown author
Who wrote the epic poem “Beowulf”?: Unknown poet
Whom Britain was conquered by for the first time?: German tribes
Why are there so few Celtic words in English?: The Saxon invasion took a long time
Why did the Pope Gregory I send a mission to England?: to spread Christianity
With which invasion does the history of the English language begin?: Germanic tribes’ invasion
Yorkshire and the Lancashire dialects belong to: Northern dialect