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What arguments were brought forward against a radical spelling reform?,”- Change too radical -> undesirable to change traditions- Etymology -> spelling should show derivation of loan words (where they came from)- Distinction between Homophones (sun/son
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Read moreDescribe the beginning of English.,”- English derive from Proto Indo-European- speakers of PIE moved away from PIE-Homeland- devided into western and eastern branch- english belonged to “”Western-Branch”” -> “”West European”” -> “”Proto Germanic”” “”North-West Germanic”” -> “”Proto West Germanic”” -> “”North Sea Germanic””- Anglo Frisian -> Old English – Angles, Jutes
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Read moreWhat happened to the British (Celtic) languages when the Germanic invaders came?
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Read more“According to Bede, what circumstances brought the Germanic tribesmen to Britain, and which tribes participated in the settlement of the island?”
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Read moreWhich dialects existed in Old English? Where and by what Germanic tribe where they spoken?
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Read moreWhat is a consociated/dissociated vocabulary? Characterise the OE vocabulary in that respect in relation to the Modern English one.,”- conosociated: o large (many) word families (words that are related in meaning and form; share same root)- disociated: o not many word families due to many words from other languages – Examples: o Old English: laeran – to teach, lar-eow – teacher, larcraeft – knowledge o Modern English: teacher, to teach, school
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Read moreHow much of the Old English vocabulary derived from Celtic? What kind of words were that?
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Read moreDescribe the Continental Phase / Settlement Phase / Christianization Phase of Latin influence on Old English.,”- Continental Phase: o occured on the continent before Germanic tribes invaded ancor, ceas, cirice- Settlement Phase: o cquired indirectly via Celts after invading England ceaster (town)< ""castra"": Dorchester, Lancaster- Christianization Phase: o 597: St, Augustine of Canterbury arrived in England coverted English o 664: Synod of Whitby alinged English with Roman Christianity o loan words related to Christianity (some of Greek origin) biscop, engel
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Read moreWhat are hybrid formations / loan translations? Provide examples from OE.,”- Hybrid formations o native affixes were added to foreign words papdom
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