- •II.Lectures Lecture 1
- •I. Origin of English
- •II. Problem of division into periods.
- •III. Early History of British Isles
- •IV. Traces of the Roman Rule in Britain
- •V. The Anglo-Saxon Conquest of Britain
- •VI. Scandinavian conquerors
- •VII. Norman conquest of England
- •Chronological List
- •1. Origin of English.
- •4. Traces of the Roman rule in Britain.
- •Middle English Dialects
- •Vocabulary of Middle English Period.
- •Rising of London dialect.
- •Book printing.
- •Forming national language (15-17 c.)
- •Spreading of English outside England. English in Scotland
- •Phonetic changes. Oe Fracture (Breaking),
- •Borrowings of oe period.
- •I. Middle English Alphabet.
- •II. Changes in Spelling Habits .
- •III. Changes in Consonants.
- •IV. Phonetic Changes. Vowels.
- •V. Types of me Literary Documents
- •I. Spreading of London dialect in the 15th century.
- •II. Phonetic changes
- •1. The Vowel Shift
- •2. Influence of "r"
- •3. Special cases
- •4. Other changes
- •III. Phonetic Changes. Consonants.
- •1. Development of [h]
- •2. Loss of [l] before [k,m,f,V]
- •3. [J] Merged with Preceding Consonant.
- •I. Old English period. Nouns.
- •1. Preliminary remarks
- •2. The categories of oe nouns
- •3. The category of declension
- •4. The System of Cases in oe period and types of Declension
- •II. Middle English Nouns
- •III. Case system in New English period
- •I.Strong Verbs.
- •II. Weak Verbs
- •IV. Categories of verbs in oe.
- •Conjugation of Verbs [kon’dzugei ∫ n]
- •VI. Me Verbs.
- •I. Oe Pronouns.
- •III. Oe Adjectives. Declension.
- •IV. Degrees of Comparison.
- •III. Seminars
- •Origin of English
- •1. Origin of English
- •Scandinavian Conquerors.
- •Additional information The Scandinavian Influence
- •IV. Oe Vocabulary oe vocabulary for
- •V. Tests
- •Variant II.
- •Variant III.
- •Variant IV.
- •VI. List of the examination questions in the English Language History
- •I. Theoretical problems.
- •Origin of English.
- •II. Practical problems.
- •Card № 1
- •Origin of English.
Variant II.
The earliest inhabitants of Britain were … .
a) Iberians c) Celts
b) Germanic tribes d) Romans
2. The linguists call … English period as a transitional period.
a) New c) Middle
b) Early New d) Old
The period till the … century is called unwritten period.
a) fifth c) third
b) seventh d) eleventh
The period from the 12-th till the 15-th century is called as a … English period.
Old c) Middle
New d) Modern
The result of Great Vowel Shift was that long sound [a:] changed into … .
a) [e] c) [u:]
b) [ei] d) [ai]
The result of Great Vowel Shift was that long sound [e:] changed into … .
a) [i:] c) [u:]
b) [ei] d) [ai]
“The Canterbury Tales” by Chaucer was written in … English language.
a) Old c) New
b) Middle d) Modern
The system of flexions was developed in … English period.
a) Middle c) New
b) Old d) modern
The group of irregular verbs is the group of … verbs of Old English language.
a) strong c) regular
b) weak d) preterit
Weak verbs of Old English period formed their main forms by means of … .
a) vowel gradation c) the complicator
b) the dental suffix d) the stem-forming suffix
Strong verbs of Old English period formed their main forms by means of … .
a) vowel gradation c) the complicator
b) the dental suffix d) the stem-forming suffix
12. Another name for nouns of Weak Declension was … Declension.
a) Vocalic system c) Consonant Stem
b) Weak d) Root
Test in the English language History
Variant III.
1. The linguists call … English period as a transitional period.
a) New c) Middle
b) Early New d) Old
2. Modern English belongs to the … branch of Indo-European family of languages.
a) Romanic c) Greek
b) Celtic d) Germanic
3. The linguists call … English period as a transitional period.
a) New c) Middle
b) Early New d) Old
4. The period from the 12-th till the 15-th century is called as a … English period.
Old c) Middle
New d) Modern
5. The borrowings of Middle English period mainly include the borrowings from … language.
a) French c) Greek
b) Latin d) Dutch
6. Old English alphabet consisted of … .
a) Latin letters c) Latin and Celtic letters
b) Germanic runes d) Latin letters and some Germanic runes
7. The base for forming of the nation English language was …. dialect.
a) Nothern c) West-Saxon
b) London d) Midland
8. The language of New English period is ….
a) syntactical c) mixed
b) analytical d) phonetic
9. The group of irregular verbs is the group of … verbs of Old English language.
a) strong c) regular
b) weak d) preterit
10. Strong verbs of Old English period formed their main forms by means of … .
a) vowel gradation c) the complicator
b) the dental suffix d) the stem-forming suffix
11. Another name for nouns of Strong Declension was … Declension.
a) Vocalic system c) Consonant Stem
b) Weak d) Root
“The Canterbury Tales” by Chaucer was written in … English language.
a) Old c) New
b) Middle d) Modern
Test in the English language History