история языка видео на 23.11
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История языка
Видео на 23.11.23
Where is Friesland situated?
Нидерланды
Which words of the Frisian language are similar to modern English words?
hree, four, frost, freeze (потому что восходят к одной и той же семье германских языков); butter,bread,cheese,meal,sleep,boat,snow,sea,storm
What were the Germanic tribes like?
Западногерманские племена, которые изобрели слова (butter,bread,cheese,meal,sleep,boat,snow,sea,storm) были воинственными и предприимчивыми людьми, которые перемещались по Европе более 1000 лет и теперь имели поселения в северной Европе, Голландии, Германии, Дании.
In what connection is the island of Terschelling mentioned?
Terschelling - это острова. в 5 веке отсюда германское племя, в семью которой также входили юты, англы, саксы отправилось в плавание в поисках лучшей жизни.
What does the word 'wealas' mean?
1500 лет назад это означало и «иностранец» и «раб».
Explain the expression 'push to the margins’.
Выражение переводится как «вытеснен (на обочину)» что относительно видео означает, что язык кельтов был вытеснен германскими племенами и их языком и перестал широко использоваться.
What does the morpheme 'ton' in geographical names mean?
Means “enclosure” or “village” (Wigton, Taunton, Chessingtone)
How many words does an educated speaker have?
About 10.000 in the active vocabulary
Why is Bede considered to be the greatest scholar of his time?
He began writing the first ever history of the english-speaking people. He wrote in Latin. The language of scholarship the prevailing language among the people was still old English but Latin this powerful medium was now amongst them now old English was written down using the Latin alphabet while retaining some of the old runes as letters from the 7th century.
Interpret the expression 'a language capable of great elaboration’.
It means that the language is fully developed poetic language. For example the Beowulf, it’s terrific for action terrific for description there's a wonderful forthright capacity to make up extra language in anglo-saxon the words are very clear and direct bone and house for example bone house there you have the house for the body a word for the body beautiful words for instruments the harp is called «глио бэм»
What phonetic peculiarities of Old English do the speakers point out?
if we heard an anglo-saxon speaker speaking under his roof to his companion we'd probably hear very a quicker a different less elaborate language from Beowulf. (Beowulf was certainly written to be read aloud the question that that agitates some scholars as whether it was written you know but I think the general consensus now is that by the time you get to bail of you have a writer dealing with a traditional oral language)
What was the language of the Danes called?
Old Norse language.
Where is the monument to Alfred located?
Winchester the capital of his ancient kingdom
What were the weapons of Alfred's army like?
battle axes and throwing spears
What is the Great White Horse a symbol of?
Alfreds crucial victory
What traces of Scandinavian languages can be found in the geographical names of England?
Places names ending in “by” (ex. Corby) reveal the danish name for farm, “-thorpe” (Nunthorpe) demotes a village, “-thwaite” (bassenthwaite) a portion of land
Give some examples of synonymic words in the languages of the English and the Danes.
Skor (score), sky, skifa (sky),angr (anger), bole (bull), freknur (freckle), knif (knife), hnakki (neck), rot (root), skule (skull), vindauga (window)
Craft (old norse) – skill (english), hide (old norse) – skin (english), ill (old norse) – sick (english)
What steps did Alfred take to restore the written word in the country?
1) Educate more clergy in latin
2) Translate certain books which are most necessary for all men to know into the language they understood
3) Translated from latin into english himself
4) Sent out copies to the 12 bishops for their wisdom to be spread widely
What is the Alfred Jewel?
Head of the pointers crafted in crystal and amylin gold
Explain the expression 'the conduit was open, on and off'.
It means that now english eventually absorbed more and more french words