Шпаргалки по истории английского языка (History of English Language) МГЛУ

1. Germanic settlement in England (tribes and dialects).
2. General characteristics of the Old English period (outer history)
3. The consonant shift in Germanic (Grimm's law and Ve
er's law).
4. Old English alphabets and written records.
5. Principal features of the Old English phonetic system.
6. Assimilative changes of vowels in Old English (breaking and palatal mutation).
7. Grammatical categories of the noun in Old English.
8. Morphological classification of verbs in Old English. Classes of strong verbs.
9. Morphological classification of verbs in Old English. Classes of weak verbs.
10. Grammatical categories of the verb in Old English.
11. Vowel interchange as a form-building means in Old English.
12. Means of building grammatical forms in Old English. Give examples from the noun and verb paradigms.
13. Degrees of comparison of adjectives in Old English and their further history.
14. General characteristics of the Middle English period (outer history)
15. General characteristics of the Middle English period (inner history).
16. Middle English spelling and written records.
17. Changes in the Middle English spelling system.
18. Consonant changes in Middle English.
19. Quantitative and qualitative changes of vowels in Middle English.
20. Middle English grammar. Means of form-building in Middle English.
21. Scandinavian influence upon the English language.
22. The Norman conquest and its effect on English.
23. The influence of the French and Scandinavian languages compared.
24. Formation of the English national language.
25. Early New English. Historical background and vocabulary changes.
26. General characteristics of the New English period (outer history).
27. General characteristics of the New English period (inner history).
28. The Great Vowel Shift and its effect on the New English spelling system.
29. Changes of vowels in Early New English and their traces in mode
spelling.
30. Changes in the grammatical categories of the verb...