Roman-German languages
Protolanguage of English
Proto-germanic
Into how many periods is the history of the EL subdivided?
4
What is morphology?
The study of the internal structure of words
3
What is lexicography?
The study of compiling dictionaries
Name three main distinct groups of Germanic languages.
North Germanic, West Germanic, East Germanic
Name the periods in the history of the EL.
Old English, Middle English, Early Modern English, Late Modern English
Who wrote about the invasion during OE period?
Bede
What is lingua franca?
a language that is adopted as a common language between speakers whose native languages are different
What are lexemes?
word stems, are minimal units of lexical meaning that connect related forms of a word
Who proposed the tree-stem theory of Indo-European languages?
Schleicher
Where did Celtic tribes come from to the British Isles?
Gaul
Name three strongest Germanic tribes that invaded the British Isles in OE period.
Angles, Saxons, Jutes
Name verbal grammatical categories during OE period.
tense and mood
What is lexicon?
essentially the established vocabulary of a language or branch of knowledge (i.e. medical, legal, etc.)
Who was the founder of the wave theory which opposed Schleicher?
Iohannes Schmidt
When did the first Roman invasion take place?
55 BC
What are the main categories of nouns in OE?
Number, gender, case
When OE grammatical system started being described in texts?
9 and 10 C
Name the types of lexicography.
theoretical and practical
Can you explain the essence of the wave theory?
New languages and dialects started and spread like waves when you throw a stone into the water.
What was one of the greatest achievements of the Roman empire?
System of roads
Name the cases of nouns in OE.
Nominative, genitive, dative, accusative
Weak and strong declension is a characteristic of ...
Verbs
What is the importance of lexicography?
The importance of lexicography is that it is responsible for the compilation of the vocabulary of a language