PSY 005 Lecture Notes - Lecture 56: Early Modern English, William Caxton, Roman Britain
2 Sep 2020
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This chapter introduces briefly the periods and some important concepts. Modern english, word order freer than in modern english inflection indicated words function: old english is an inflected language, vocabulary mostly of germanic origin with latin and celtic loan words. Early modern english standardisation of the english language: 1476: introduction of the printing press in london by william caxton, 16th century reformation and the renaissance influenced the english language, word order similar to modern english. Linguistic features different: can be justified on non-linguistic grounds historical or social events which had a direct influence on the development. Written data: until 20th century all the records are instances of written language, know little about spoken language of earlier periods. Printing: growing tendency towards standardisation of the written language tell less about dialects, but informal sources also appear diaries, letters etc. 17th and 18th century: dictionaries and grammars published reflects the knowledge of language.
