Old English Period in the History of the English Language. Old English Written Records
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Subject: English language history
Academic year: 2013-2014
Lecture 3
Theme:Old English Period in the History of the English Language. Old English Written Records
. Level: II
Teacher: Zhakipbekova D.K.
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Old English Period in the History of the English Language. Old English Written Records
2. The first distinctive inhabitants of the British Isles were the Iberianswho came from the territory of present-day Spain around3000 B.C. They… 3. The Beaker Falkwho came from Eastern Europe around 2000 B.C. were known for… 4. The Pictscame around 1000 B.C.They were considered to be a mixture of the Celts and the Iberians and were called so…
The most important dialect in the Old English period was the WEST SAXON DIALECT.
8. Christianity – 597 (6th c.)
There were 2 forces that worked together to spread Christianity in Britain:
Old English Written Records
Runes/Runic Alphabet:
appeared in the 3rd – 4th c. A.D.;
it was also called Futhark (after the first 6 letters of this alphabet);
? (“thorn”) = [q] and [ð]
? (“wynn”) = [w]
? (“mann”) = stood for OE word “man”
personal documents containing names and place names;
legal documents (charters);
glosses to the Gospels and other religious texts (Latin-English vocabularies for those who did not know Latin good…
5 lines know as “Bede’s Death Song”;
9 lines of a religious poem “Cædmon’s Hymn”.
2.All in all we have about 30 000 lines of OE verse from many poets, but most of them are unknown or anonimuos. The…
Список основной и дополнительной литературы
1. Расторгуева Т.А. История английского языка — 2-е изд., стер. — М.: ООО
«Издательство Астрель»: ООО *Издательство ACT», 2003 г. — 348, [4] с.
2. Аракин В.Д. История английского языка. М.: Физматлит, 2003. - 272 с
3. Иванова И.П., Чахоян Л.П., Беляева Т.М. История английского языка. Учебник. Хрестоматия., 1999
Список дополнительной литературы
1. Аракин В.Д. Очерки по истории английского языка: Пособие для преподавателей английского языка. … - 2.изд.- М.: УРСС, 2003.- 322, 391 с.