History of English  

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  sample exam questions exam   questions 77-100 

 

sample test questions  questions

syllabus                                                suggested reading

 

!!!! list of paradigms to learn !!!!

all section numbers refer to Mitchell and Robinson "A Guide to Old English"

sections: §16 'the, that', §17 'this', §18 '3rd pers. pronouns', §21 '1st and 2nd pers. pronouns', §22 'nama', §33 'stan', §34 'scip', 'word'

 

All paradigms can be found here (an excellent site on OE). A one-page summary of OE inflections can be found here - the Magic Sheet

prononuns (personal and demonstrative)

nouns (use the left menu box to navigate to the relevant sections) 

 

1^st term

	Lecture	Classes
1.	Features of Germanic Languages Germanic	Introduction
2.	Phonology: Spelling and the Sound System of OE Spelling Sound system	Ælfric’s Colloquy on the Occupations    Ælfric’s Colloquy
3.	Phonology: Grimm’s Law and Verner’s Law (part 1) Grimm's Law	The Adventure of English – episode 1
4.	Phonology: Grimm’s Law and Verner’s Law (part 2)	The Paris Psalter  Psalms 1 and 8
5.	Phonology: Evolution of OE Phonology (part 1)  OE phonology	The Paris Psalter
6.	Phonology: Evolution of OE Phonology (part 2)	Test 1
7.	Morphology: Nouns and Pronouns OE Nouns OE Pronouns	Cura Pastoralis – Preface - paleography    Alfred's Preface to Cura Pastoralis (1.87 MB)
8.	Morphology: Verbs OE Verbs	Cura Pastoralis – Preface
9.	Morphology: Adjectives (including later developments)  Adjectives	Bede’s Account of the Poet Cædmon  Caedmon   external link to text an glossary (University of Calgary website)
10.	Syntax: Word-order  word order	Bede’s Account of the Poet Cædmon
11.	Syntax: Passive (including later developments)  Passive	The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Cynewulf and Cyneherd
12.	Syntax: Negatives and Interrogatives  negation             interrogatives	Test 2
13.	Syntax: Modals (including later developments)  modals	The Anglo-Saxon Chronicle: Cynewulf and Cyneherd
14.	Syntax: Impersonals (including later developments)  impersonals	Beowulf
15.	Reserve	Re-tests and signatures

 

2^nd term

	Lecture	Classes
1.	Borrowings in the History of English	The Adventure of English – episode 2
2.	Phonology: Vocalic System (from OE up to 1400)  vowels from OE to 1400	Anarchy in the Times of King Stephen  Peterborough Chronicle 1137  Peterborough Chronicle transl
3.	Phonology: The Rise of New Diphthongs  diphthongs from OE to 1400	Anarchy in the Times of King Stephen
4.	Phonology: Great Vowel Shift    Great vowel shift	Ormulum  Ormulum TEXT  Ormulum glossary
5.	Phonology: Post-GVS Vocalic Developments    vowels and diphthongs from 1400	Proclamation of King Henry III  Proclamation TEXT  Proclamation glossary
6.	Phonology: Consonants  Consonants	Test 1
7.	Morphology: Nouns	Cuckoo’s Song  Sumer_is_icumen_in
8.	Morphology: Pronouns	Wycliffe’s Translation of the Psalter  Wycliffe's Psalm 1  Wycliffe's Psalm 8
9.	Morphology: Verbs	The Adventure of English – episode 3
10.	Morphology: Derivational Morphology	Chaucer’s English
11.	Syntax: Word-order	Tyndale’s Translation of the Bible
12.	Syntax: Do-Support  Do-periphrasis	Test 2
13.	Syntax: Tenses  progressive  perfect	The Adventure of English – episode 4
14.	Reserve	Shakespeare’s English
15.	Reserve	Re-tests and signatures

 

Suggested reading:

 

1. Blake, N. (1992). (ed.) The Cambridge History of the English Language II: 1066-1476. Cambridge: CUP.

 

2. Campbell, A. (1959). Old English Grammar. Oxford: Clarendon Press.

 

3. Fisiak, J. (2000). An Outline History of English. Vol .1: External History. Poznań: Wydawnictwo Poznańskie.

 

4. Hogg, R.M. (1992a). A Grammar of Old English. I: Phonology. Oxford: Blackwell.

 

5. Hogg, R.M. (1992b). (ed.) The Cambridge History of the English Language I: the Beginnings to 1066. Cambridge: CUP.

 

6. Hogg, R.M. (2002). An Introduction to Old English. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

 

7. Horobin, S. and J. Smith (2002). An Introduction to Middle English. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

 

8. Lass, R. (1994) Old English: a Historical Linguistic Companion. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

 

9. Lass, R. (1999). (ed.) The Cambridge History of the English Language III: 1476-1776. Cambridge: CUP.

 

10. Lass, R. &  J.M. Anderson (1975) Old English Phonology. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

 

11. Mitchell, B. (1998) An Invitation to Old English and Anglo-Saxon England. Oxford: Blackwell.

 

12. Mitchell, B. and F. C. Robinson (1992).  A Guide to Old English, fifth edition, Oxford: Blackwell.

 

13. Nevalainen, T. (2006) An Introduction to Early Modern English. Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press.

 

14. Reszkiewicz, A. (1996). A Diachronic Grammar of Old English. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.

 

15. Reszkiewicz, A. (1998). Synchronic Essential of Old English. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Naukowe PWN.

 

16. Romaine, S. (1998). (ed.) The Cambridge History of the English Language IV: 1776-1997. Cambridge: CUP.