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Approximately how many people in the world speak Indo-European languages?
ca 3 billion people
What language family does English belong to?
Indo-European
How do you call the language English has derived from?
Proto-Germanic
Name 3 words that came into English during the Middle English period
council, marriage, sovereign, government, parliament, damage
Geoffrey Chaucer's "Cantebury Tales" is an example of.......
Middle English
What is the big change in pronunciation, associated with Early Modern English
Great Vowel Shift
Who is the writer, associated with the rise of Modern English?
William Shakespeare
The peasants would use Old English words like pig, cow, chicken, while the aristocracy, who ate the meal, would say
pork, beef, poultry
In what fields do we find lots of words of French origin?
law, science, religion
"They gave us a cordial reception" has roots in French. say the same phrase, using the Anglo-Saxon vocabulary.
They gave us a hearty welcome.
What language was spoken by aristocracy during the period of Middle English?
French
What language was spoken among peasantry during the Moddle English period?
Anglo-Saxon; Old English
How many words in today's English are of French origin?
ca 30%, 10,000 ws
What happened in 1066?
Norman Conquest; William the Conqueror; start of Middle English period; Norman French influence on Old English
When the Vikings came, they brought the influence from..........
Old Norse
Name 5 words in today's English from the Old English period
water, child, ear, talk, the, sky, bag, law, hit, they, fater, heaven
Name a text, which is the best example of Old English
Beowulf - the Anglo-Saxon epic, a German epic poem
Old English was the language, spoken after the invasion of.....
Jutes, Angles, Saxons, Vikings


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