Lesson 2 History of Language PDF

 Lesson Plan Subject and objectives of the course Studying History of Languages Genealogical classification of languages Grimm’s Law Periodization of history of the EL Prehistoric English  Description of historical development of the English language  No researches in history of...

 Lesson Plan Subject and objectives of the course Studying History of Languages Genealogical classification of languages Grimm’s Law Periodization of history of the EL Prehistoric English  Description of historical development of the English language  No researches in history of languages until the end of XVIII century Information from treatises in history Bede the Venerable: “The Ecclesiastical History of the English People” (731)  1786 → William Jones → Sanskrit EL → & modern Indo-European European language family → languages → Germanic group → common Indo- West Germanic European Proto- branch → Language → Low West Germanic genealogical sub-branch classification  Correspondences 1822 → Jacob Grimm → p→f correspondences between Sanskrit / Greek / Latin and t→Þ Germanic languages d→t  Prehistoric English Old English Middle English Early Modern English Late Modern English English of Today Brythonic / Celtic language Before AD V century 1. https://www.britannica.com/topic/English-language 2. Crystal, D. (2005). The Stories of English. New-York: Harry N. Abrams HISTORY OF LANGUAGE Lesson 2 Chronology & historical events Dialects of Old English Peculiarities of the language: - phonetic - grammatical - lexical Records ≈ AD 450-1100  Roman conquest Germanic tribes Scandinavian invasion ≈ 55-43 BC - AD 440 Romanization Roman civilization Christianity Latin language  ≈ AD 449 Jutes – north of Denmark (Jutland) Destroying Roman Influences civilization Angles – south of Denmark – north of Organization of Germany society English language Saxons – modern Germany  CELTS: Germanic tribes → Saxons ANGLO-SAXONS: Celts → Wealas (foreigners) LATIN AUTHORS: Saxons → Angli / Anglia → Englisc ≈ AD VIII-X centuries Vikings speaking Old Norse started changing the structure of the English language  North of the Humber Northumbrian Spoken by Angles Between the Humber and the Thames Mercian Spoken by Angles West Saxon Kingdom (southwest) West Saxon The only dialect with records Southeast of Britain Kentish Spoken by Jutes Baugh, A.C., Cable Th. (2012). A History of the English Language. Abingdon-on-Thames: Routledge Brinton, L.J., Arnovick, L.K. (2017). The English Language: A Linguistic History. Oxford: Oxford University Press