- •1. Old English – The story of Jacob’s Deceit
- •Phonetic analysis
- •Grammatical analysis
- •Etymological analysis
- •2. Middle English – From Capgrave’s Chronicle of England
- •Grammar analysis
- •Etymological analysis
- •3. New English – d.Chrystal, The Cambrige Encyclopedia of the English Language, 1995
- •Phonetic analysis
- •Grammar and etymological analysis
Grammar and etymological analysis
Word as it is used in the text |
Analysis notes |
OE or foreign prototype |
Middle English |
1. analysis |
noun, common case, singular, latin origin |
L - analysis |
- |
2. data |
noun, common case, singular, latin origin |
L– data OF - date |
date |
3.corpus |
noun, common case, singular, latin origin |
L - corpus |
- |
4. lectures |
noun, common case, singular, latin origin |
L - lectūra |
letture,lecture |
5. hypotheses |
noun, common case, singular, latin origin |
L – hypothesis, Gk. ύπóθεσιϛ |
- |
6. articles |
noun, common case, singular |
L -articulus |
- |
7.newspaper |
noun, common case, singular |
news from F nouvells, paper from L-papyrys Gk. -πάπυρος |
papyrys |
8. brochures |
noun, common case, singular |
F – brocher (v) |
- |
9. sermons |
noun, common case, plural |
OF – sermon L - sermōnem |
sermon, sermoun |
10. chapters |
noun, common case, plural |
OF-chapitre, L –capitulum, caput |
chappite, chapitre |
11. would |
verb, past tense of will. |
OE- willan – v.,anom. |
willen –anom.verb |
12.gather |
verb, present tense |
Ʒaderian v, weak 2 |
gaderen |
13watch |
verb, present tense |
wæccan, v., weak 3 |
wacchen |
14.make |
verb, present tense |
macian, v., weak 2 |
maken |
15.allow |
verb, present tense |
OF - alouer |
alowen |
16.turn |
verb, present tense |
turnian, v.,weak, 2 OF-turner, L-tornare |
turnen |
17.collaborate |
verb, present tense |
L-collabōrāre, F-collaborer |
- |
18.employ |
verb, present tense |
F – employer |
- |
19.mean |
verb, present tense |
mǣnan, v., weak 1 |
menen |
20. enable |
verb, present tense |
L-habilis |
enablen, en+OF able |
