- •History of english
- •Practice old english text
- •Glossary
- •1. Study the reading rules (see the supplement) and transcribe the following oe line:
- •2. Study the model of grammar and vocabulary analysis of an Old English text and continue it following the model given below:
- •Middle english text
- •Inspired hath in every holt and heeth
- •3. Study the reading rules (see the supplement) and transcribe the following me lines:
- •4. Study the model of grammar and vocabulary analysis of a Middle English text and continue it following the model given bellow:
- •Supplement old english alphabet and pronunciation
- •Some important peculiarities of the sound system:
- •Middle english alphabet and pronunciation
History of english
Correspondence Department
Примечание: выпускникам колледжей оценка по истории английского языка, полученная в колледже, не переносится в качестве экзаменационной оценки в вузе.
THEORY
1. Compare the grammatical categories in the history of English by compiling the table:
NOMINAL SYSTEM |
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Determi-nateness |
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Person |
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Noun |
Masculine Feminine Neuter |
Singular Plural |
Nominative Genitive Dative Accusative |
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Singular Plural |
Common Genitive |
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Voice |
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2. Account for the structure of the vocabulary by compiling the table:
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Old English |
Middle English |
Borrowings |
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Native words |
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3. Compare the productivity of different form-building means in different historical periods of English by compiling the table:
Form-building means |
Old English |
Middle English |
New English |
Synthetic |
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Inflections |
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Sound interchange |
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4. Account for the typical features of syntax in the history of English by compiling the table:
Features |
Old English |
Middle English |
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Types of syntactic relation between words:
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Word order |
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Negation |
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