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The history of English

The history of English

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English

University

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CCSS
RF.4.3A, L.5.4B, RF.K.2E

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Vanessa Hidalgo

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Multiple Choice

In the evolution of English, the period identified as Old English was:

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Before the 5th century

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The 11th century

3

Between the 5th and 11th centufy

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After the 12th century

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Multiple Choice

The "Great vowel shift" occured in wich period?

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Modern English

2

Old English

3

Early Modern English

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Middle English

3

Poll

Words like "give, sky, they, take" were introduced in which period?

Old English

Middle English

Modern English

4

Multiple Choice

English came first into contact with French in the period of Modern English?

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True

2

False

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Multiple Choice

In the sound changes that English suffered, the process of metathesis implies...

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Losing sounds

2

Changing the position of sounds

3

Adding sounds

4

Reversing the postion of sounds

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Poll

Words like "escribir" from scribere and "espíritu" (from spiritus) show a clear case of

Epenthesis

Metathesis

Sound loss

Prothesis

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Multiple Choice

The meaning of "hound" or "meat" that we know nowadays is a semantic change that shows:

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Narrowing of meaning

2

Broadening of meaning

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Open Ended

Name some examples that show the semantic process of semantic "broadening".

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Open Ended

Name some examples of syntactic changes in the evolution of English:

In the evolution of English, the period identified as Old English was:

1

Before the 5th century

2

The 11th century

3

Between the 5th and 11th centufy

4

After the 12th century

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