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Miscellaneous
Miscellaneous 2
100

Beginning of Roman raids on British Isles

55 BC.

100

Name a person and a year who brought a printing press to England

1484, William Caxton

100

name the year of 'The Recuyell of the Histories of Troye' at Bruges

1474

100

name the categories of old english pronouns

case, number, gender, person

100

Which was the only personal pronoun form introduced into Early Modern English, and what motivated its introduction?

The only personal pronoun form introduced into Early Modern English was the possessive "its". Its introduction was motivated by animacy—the distinction between personal (animate) and non-personal (inanimate) reference.

200

First serious Viking incursions

793

200

Canterbury tales year

1380

200

name the year when the first english dictionary was published

1607

200

name old english categories of the adjective

case, number, declension, gender, degrees of comparison

200

What are kennings?

a poetic figure of speech where a compound word or phrase replaces a common noun, often using metaphor or imagery to evoke a specific feeling or idea

300

William of Normandy claims that he should be as
successor to the old king; the battle of Hastings

1066

300

Name the dialects of both old and middle english period

Anglian, Nortumbrian, Mercian, West Saxon, Kentish/ Nothern, East Midland, West Midlan, South-western, South-eastern

300

the first well-established colonies; the beginning of American

1607

300

 explain what’s Grimm’s Law

Grimm’s Law is a sound shift that explains how certain consonants in Proto-Indo-European (PIE) changed in Proto-Germanic:

 • p, t, k → f, θ (th), h

 • b, d, g → p, t, k

 • bh, dh, gh → b, d, g

300

Declension VS Conjugation

Declension: Modifies nouns and related words to show their role in a sentence (case, number, etc.). Conjugation: Modifies verbs to show tense, person, and other verb-related information. 

400

 Christianity introduced among Anglo-Saxons by St.Augustine 

ca. 600

400

The Hundred Year War against France year and its effect on English language

1337 – 1453, had the effect of branding French as the language of the enemy and the status of English rose as a сonsequence

400

The King James Bible: name the year and transition this text is based on

1611, Tyndale’s translation

400

 explain what’s Verner’s Law

Verner’s Law explains exceptions to Grimm’s Law.
It says that the voiceless sounds (f, θ, h, etc.) from Grimm’s Law became voiced (b, d, g, etc.) if the PIE stress was not on the preceding syllable

400

Why was the distinction between the second person singular and plural lost in English?

The distinction was lost due to the generalization of the originally plural form "you" for addressing a single person.

500

Rise of seven great kingdoms – the year and the name of kingdoms

600-800, Heptarchy

500

Name phonetic changes in this period

Vowels in unstressed position were reduced, new consonant sounds developed in native words: ship, child, bridge.

500

 the years of Shakespeare’s plays

c. 1590-1612

500

How did the Scandinavian invasions and settlements in the 9th–11th centuries influence the grammatical structure and vocabulary of Old English, and how did these changes help pave the way for the transition to Middle English?

The Scandinavian invasions (9th–11th centuries) brought Old Norse speakers into contact with Old English. This led to many Norse loanwords (e.g. sky, egg, they) entering English.

500

What is difference between etymological doublets and hybrid words?

Etymological doublets are words within a language that share the same historical root but have evolved into different forms due to separate borrowing routes or internal changes.
Hybrid words, on the other hand, are created by combining elements from different languages or different parts of a single language, often creating a new word or term.

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