History
When was the Old English period?
5th - 11th century
What is the process of i-mutation?
The shift of a back vowel being fronted or a front vowel being raised
What subsystem is verb tense change classified under?
Morphology
Name three word creation process?
Compounding, Affixation, Invasion, Conversion, Backformation, Borrowing, Commonisation, Abbreviation, Blend, Shortening, Onomatopoeia etc.
How many semantic changes are there?
Four
Modern English roots from which language family?
Germanic Family
What is an example of i-mutation?
man → men
old → elder
tooth → teeth
mouse → mice
What was the common way to indicate grammatical information in OE?
Strong verbs
What is Neologism?
New words that may not be officially recognised as words but used nontheless
Explain what shift is?
A word comes to mean something completely different from it once meant
Who was victorious in the Battle of Hastings?
William the Conqueror
Who was the creator of Grimms Law and what did they observe?
Jacob Grimm stated the existence of a consistent set of consonant sound shifts
What was the irregular way to indicate grammatical information in OE?
Weak verbs
Name two reasons for words loss?
Obsolescence, Confusion, similar to Rude words, Too short, Object don't exist anymore, No obvious reason etc.
What is narrowing?
The reduction of the meaning of a word
Which subsystem did the French contribute most towards?
Lexicology
What is an I-umlat?
I-umlaut involves raising and fronting of a root vowel in anticipation of 'i' or 'y' in a suffix
Define Case?
Case is changes to nouns and their modifying words to mark the relationships of these to each other and to the verb of the clause
What are examples of Initialism?
ANZAC, QANTAS, FBI, CIA
What is the difference between elevation and deterioration?
Elevation = Positive connotation
Deterioration = Negative connotation
Who wrote the Ecclesiastical History of the English Nation?
Bede
What is the Great Vowel Shift?
A vowel that used to be pronounced in one place in the mouth would be pronounced in a different place, usually higher up in the mouth
What changes did the progressive form (ende) undergo?
ende → inge → ing
What is collocation?
The common co-occurrence of a particular word
What semantic change did "girl" undergo?
Narrowing