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History of the English Language Study Guide Set reading: Barber et al. (2009).

History of the English Language Study Guide Set reading: Barber et al. (2009). The English Language. A Historical Introduction. CUP 1. Where does the name “Anglo-Saxon” come from? 2. Who were the original peoples of the British Isles? 3. Who lived there before the beginnings of OE? 4. How many Anglo-Saxon kingdoms were set and how were they named? 5. What symbols from the OE writing system were discontinued in later stages of English? 6. What is i-umlaut and how did it affect OE? 7. Consider some of the most significant differences between OE and PDE in terms of morphology? 8. What was the influence of the Scandinavian invasions and settlements on the English language? 9. Why are Scandinavian borrowings different from other loanwords? 10. What historical event typically indicates the shift from OE to ME? 11. Provide three examples of the influence of French during the eME period. 12. How was spelling simplified in ME? 13. Why can we say the ME is more analytic than OE? 14. What is the superstrate language from which eModE borrows many vocabulary items? Why? 15. Describe the pronominal system of the second person in eModE. 16. Is the GVS an eModE change? 17. How did standardization in lModE work? 18. Summarise the changes brought about by /r/. 19. What are some new ways of coining words in lModE? 20. Create a timeline displaying the highlights of the history of the English language. uploads/s1/ history-of-the-english-language-set-reading-barber-et-al-2009-the-english-language-a-historical-introduction-cup.pdf