The Old English Consonants

Place of articu- lation Manner of articulation		Labial, labiodental	Forelingual (dental)	Mediolingual (palatal)	Back lingual (velar)
Noise conso- nants	Plosive voiceless voiced	p p: b b:	t t: d d:	k' k': g':	k k: g g:
	Fricative voiceless voiced	f f: v	θ θ: s s: ð z	х' х': γ' (j)	х х: (h) γ
Sonorants		m m: w	n n: r l	j	(ŋ)

The letter 3 stands for [g] initially before any consonant or in any position after consonant, and also before a, o, u (all back vowels), for [j] – before and after front vowels (e, i, y), for [] – after r and between the back vowels (a, o, u), for [g’] – after c.

Seminar 3 oe Grammar

1. General Principal Features of OE Grammar.

2. The OE Nouns:

a) Grammatical Categories;

b) Morphological Classification of the Nouns;

c) System of Declension.

3. The OE Pronouns:

a) Personal Pronouns;

B) Demonstrative Pronouns; c) Other Types of Pronouns.

4. The OE Adjectives:

a) Adjectives of Weak and Strong Declension;

b) Degrees of Comparison.

5. The OE Numerals and Adverbs.

6. OE Verbs:

a) Grammatical Categories of the Finite Verbs;

b) Morphological Classification of OE Verbs;

c) Strong Verbs and Their Peculiarities;

d) Weak Verbs;

e) Minor Groups of Verbs.

LITERATURE

A) Principal:

1. Історія англійської мови / Навчальний посібник для самостійної роботи студентів-філологів, що вивчають англійську мову як фах. – Полтава, 2002. – C. 40-54.

2. Rastorgueva T.A. A History of English. – M., 1983. – Chapter IX (P. 92-124).

3. Иванова И.П., Беляева Т.М., Чахоян Л.П. Практикум по истории английского языка. – СПб, 2000. – С. 30-69.

B) Supplementary:

1. Аракин В.Д. История английского языка: Учеб. пособие для студентов пед. ин-тов. – М.: Просвещение, 1985. –ГлаваIII.–С. 45-88.

2. Залесская Л.Д. Пособие по истории английского языкадля заочных отделений факультетов английского языка педагогических институтов. – М., 1984.–С.24-42.

3. Иванова И.П., Чахоян Л.П., Беляева Т.М. История английского языка… –С. 100-108, 112-116, 124-128, 133-151.

4. Ильиш Б.А. История английского языка. (На англ. яз.). Учебник для студентов фак. иностр. яз. пед. ин-тов. – Л., 1972. – C. 63-110.

PRACTICE ASSIGNMENT

1. Determine the type of the following nouns: nama, fæder, sunu, mete, talu.

2. Give the forms which were used in OE for modern they, them.

3. Give the forms of the comparative and the superlative degrees of the adjectives: soft, lon3, 3ōd, lýtel, micel.

4. Determine the type and (if it is possible) the class of the verbs: wrītan, beran, tellan, libban, beon, wesan.

5. Name the OE verbs which became the origin of the NE words owe, ought; can, could; dare; shall, should; may; must.