SEMINAR 14.
EARLY MODERN ENGLISH PHONOLOGICAL SYSTEM
Points for Discussion
- Vowels:
- The Great Vowel Shift;
- Development of short vowels;
- Rise of new long vowels;
- Rise of new diphthongs and triphthongs.
- Consonants:
- Voicing of voiceless fricatives;
- Vocalization of ‘r’;
- Rise of new sibilants;
- Simplification of consonant clusters.
Practical Assignment
Иванова И.П. и др. Практикум по истории английского языка. М.: Просвещение, 1985. Read and analyze Texts 24, 26, 28, 29 pp. 100, 106, 109, 114. Do Assignments
Page | Assignement | Page | Assignement |
101 | 1, 5, 7 | 108 | 15, 16 |
102 | 19, 20, 26 | 109 | 20-22 |
104 | 2, 6 | 114 | 1, 3-6 |
106 | 1 | 115 | 8 |
107 | 2-4, 11 |
Recommended Literature
Иванова И.П. и др. Практикум по истории английского языка. – М.: Просвещение, 1985. С. 100-105-109, 113-116, 120-122.
Ильиш Б.А. История английского языка. – Л.: Просвещение, 1973.
Расторгуева Т.А. История английского языка. – М.: Высш.шк., 1983.