Old English vocabulary” Seminar 7: Old English vocabulary. T native Old English words

“Old English vocabulary”


Seminar 7: Old English vocabulary.
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Native Old English words
ask 1.Give extended description of Native OE words





Common Germanic words– the part of the vocabulary that was shared by most GLs. These words never occurred outside the Ggroup of Ls. This layer was smaller than the IE layer.

Common Indo European words
are a language family native to western and southern Eurasia.





Specifically Old English words– native words that occur only in English language. and do not occur in other Germanic and non-Germanic Languages. They are very few and are mainly derivatives and compounds



Task 2. Define below given phrases, abbreviations and words related to the theme.

1. 
   Borrowed words this part of OE vocabulary, as it has already been mentioned above, was a small portion of words that remained on the periphery of OE vocabulary.
   
2. 
   IE Indo-European language
   
3. 
   GL- Germanic languages
   
4. 
   Semantic fields is a lexical set of words grouped semantically (by meaning) that refers to a specific subject.
   

5. Native words are words which belong to the original English stock, as known from the earliest available manuscripts of the Old English period.
Task 3. True or False

1. 
   The vocabulary of Old English (OE) is relatively small. It contains almost 34,000 different word forms, whereas a modern desk dictionary might contain 80,000.
   

True

2. 
   In addition to the three main sources — Greek, Latin and Dutch, English speakers of the NE period borrowed freely from many other Languages.
   

False

3. 
   In Old English, there were an extremely high percentage of borrowings from other Languages.
   

False

4. 
   Borrowed words – this part of OE vocabulary, as it has already been mentioned above, was a small portion of words that remained on the periphery of OE vocabulary.
   

True

5. 
   The flourishing of art in the Netherlands accounts for some Greek loan words relating to art: easel, landscape, sketch.
   

False
Task 4.

1. 
   Venn diagram. Fill the Venn diagram with differences and similarities of Modern and Old English vocabulary.
   

Differences:
1. The main difference between Old English and Middle English lies in their different influence. Latin, Celtic, and Norse were the three languages that heavily influenced Old English. However, Middle English was influenced by the French language.
2. Old English was way more complex as compared to Middle English. The verbs and nouns in Old English had many forms which became unnecessary complex for people. However, Middle English was simpler in comparison to Old English.
3. There were a lot of silent letters in the alphabet system of Old English. In the case of Middle English, the language at first had no silent letters, but later on, the ‘e’ became silent in some situations.




Differences:
1. The main difference between Old English and Middle English lies in their different influence. Latin, Celtic, and Norse were the three languages that heavily influenced Old English. However, Middle English was influenced by the French language.
2. Old English was way more complex as compared to Middle English. The verbs and nouns in Old English had many forms which became unnecessary complex for people. However, Middle English was simpler in comparison to Old English.
3. There were a lot of silent letters in the alphabet system of Old English. In the case of Middle English, the language at first had no silent letters, but later on, the ‘e’ became silent in some situations.


Task 5. Make 10 tests based on the material lesson 7.

1. How many lexical units had OE according to some rough counts?

a.19000-20000
b. 21000-22000
c. 23000-24000
d. 25000-26000

2. This historic event marked the transition from Old English to Middle English.

а. The departure of the Romans
b. the Norman conquest
c. Reformation
d. Restoration

3. Specifically OE words – native words that occur only in…

a. English Languages
b. Germanic Languages
c. Slavic Languages
d. Turkic Languages

4. When was adopted the loan-words?

a. after 1915
b. after 1916
c. after 1917
d. after 1918

5. The Letter ჳ in Old English corresponded to the sound …

a. dჳ]
b. [z]
c. [g]
d. [ð]