EN372 Lecture Notes - Lecture 17: Daughter Language, Linguistic Reconstruction, Extinct Language
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Next week we will read beowulf excerpts so they will be added to mls. /15 marks 12 questions (last q is worth 5/15 some are worth 0. 5) Anything from main text (up to ch. 4) ch. 1, 2, and 3 have 3 each and ch. Last is an essay q on bede and didactic prose. Write out of 2 articulatory definitions of 2 consonants and vowels with examples. Distinguish between mono and dipthongs (one in modern language) Which languages are present on the island of britain and early medieval. Causes and mechanisms of language change (2 of each) Distinguish between morphological and syntactic change (ex. sound and semantic change: discuss mechanisms of each. Discuss analogy as a way of describing semantic change. Why is he reliable/respected: use examples, ability to write organized answer and part on specificity. Caedmon"s hymn: 248 and 249 of bede book. General observations: lots of alliteration (w sound)- epithets = kinnings.
