453 Chapter 7 Early Modern English Early Modern
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453 Chapter 7 Early Modern English
Early Modern English n n n 1476 1549 1577 -80 ≈ 1600 1604 1607 1611 1619 1702 1775 -83 1788 Caxton: English printing press Book of Common Prayer Drake: around the world Shakespeare 1 st dictionary Jamestown colony King James Bible Slaves in Virginia 1 st daily newspaper American Revolution English in Australia
Literature n n Marlowe Shakespeare Vocabulary n n Latin Greek
Orthography n n Based on Middle English spelling Regulated by available type n n Vowel // Consonant ambiguity n n n Ye i&j u&v Etymological Respellings n n det & dout indict & subtle (Bart: Hologernes)
Great Vowel Shift Front High Central Back u: i: u boot i feet e: Mid o: e great, name : a. I ride Low o boat a house a: Vowels without sample words are Middle English Vowels with sample words are Modern English Loss of word final was just as widespread
Other Notes n Initial consonant sequences gn & kn n Final consonant in ng also dropped n n Lost initial sound gnome, known Missin’ How we know… n Folk spellings…
Phony Question: n What kinds of phonological change are evidenced in the pronunciation variation in the Middle English period?
In Class Exercise n 7. 9 (workbook pg 163)
Exercises n n n 7. 3 7. 4. 1 7. 5. 3 & 7. 5. 4 (7. 5. 5 – optional)
