
Morphological Changes in English
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English
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12th Grade
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Abby Roberts-Gush
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3 mins • 1 pt
What was the morphological change in Old English regarding the inflectional system?
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The morphological change in Old English involved a simplification of the inflectional system, leading to a reduction in the number of inflections for nouns, verbs, and adjectives, which contributed to the transition towards Middle English.
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What classification did verbs have in Old English?
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In Old English, verbs were classified into strong and weak categories. Strong verbs formed their past tense by changing the vowel (ablaut), while weak verbs used a dental suffix. This distinction was crucial in verb conjugation.
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What was a common method for forming new words in Old English?
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A common method for forming new words in Old English was compounding, where two or more words were combined to create a new term, reflecting the language's rich ability to create descriptive terms.
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What grammatical feature did nouns have in Old English?
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In Old English, nouns had grammatical gender (masculine, feminine, neuter) and were inflected for case (nominative, accusative, genitive, dative), which affected their endings and usage in sentences.
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What happened to inflectional endings in Middle English?
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In Middle English, inflectional endings began to simplify and reduce, leading to a loss of many grammatical distinctions. This change contributed to the transition towards a more analytic language structure.
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What replaced inflection in Middle English?
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In Middle English, inflection was largely replaced by a more fixed word order and the use of prepositions to indicate grammatical relationships, simplifying the language structure.
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What shift occurred in the grammatical gender system in Middle English?
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In Middle English, the grammatical gender system shifted from a more complex system with three genders (masculine, feminine, neuter) to a simpler system that largely eliminated gender distinctions, leading to a more natural gender usage.
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