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Self-control questions:

1. 
   What is the task of the course of the History of English?
   
2. 
   What political and social events affected the evolution of the English language?
   
3. 
   Name the eleven principle groups in the Indo-European family. What features bring the languages into relationship?
   
4. 
   What is Sanskrit? Why is it important in the reconstruction of Indo-Europeans?
   
5. 
   How do you prove that English indirectly must have originated form Sanskrit?
   
6. 
   When did the sound change described by the Grimm’s Law occur? In what year did Grimm formulate the law?
   
7. 
   Explain why Grimm’s Law is important in historical discussions of the English language.
   
8. 
   To what group of Indo-European does English belong?
   

Suggestions for further reading:

1. 
   Аракин В.Д. История английского языка. М.: Просвещение, 1985.
   
2. 
   Бруннер К. История английского языка. Пер. с нем. М.: Иностранная литература, т. I-II, 1955-1956.
   
3. 
   Иванова И.П., Чахоян Л.П. История английского языка. М.: Высшая школа, 1976.
   
4. 
   Baugh A.C., Cable Th. A History of the English Language. New Jersey, 1993.
   
5. 
   Ilyish B. A. History of the English language. L., 1973.
   
6. 
   Rastorguyeva T.A. History of the English Language. A course of lectures, M., v. I-II, 1969-1972.
   
7. 
   Rastorguyeva T.A. A History of the English. M., 1983.
   

Lecture 2. Origins of the English Language. Periodization in the History of English