ENG385H1 Lecture Notes - Early Modern English
Document Summary
Modern english has many words that are similar in meaning to each other, but differ in form and register. English also has two different ways of conjugating verbs: there is either a vowel change or the addition of a suffix. The old english period begins in 450 ad, and ends in 1100 ad. The middle english period begins in 1100 and ends in: the early modern english period begins in 1500 and ends in 1800. Since 1800, we have been in a period of present-day english. Certain sounds in latin correspond with english sounds; for example, the k sound in latin is related to the h sound in. Looking at germanic and romantic languages, it is easy to see that the languages shared the same ancestor, but follow certain rules within each division. The words that share similarities and have stayed in these languages are common words: body parts, kinship words, numbers, etc.
