WorksheetsWords from the Romance languages. The Method of introducing New
Total questions: 10
Worksheet time: 3mins
What kinds of strange words did the purists of the 16th century oppose?
Oversea language, and Chaucerisms.
Inkhorn terms, oversea language, and Chaucerisms.
anglicisms, oversea language, and Chaucerisms.
The English vocabulary of that time showed words adopted from more than fifty languages, apart from Greek and Latin, the most important of which were:
French, Italian, Russian and Spanish.
Italian, and Spanish.
French, Italian, and Spanish.
Some French words reflected were:
Bizarre, chocolate, detail, equip, mustache, naturalize, volunteer.
Bizarre, chocolate, mustache, granite.
Mustache, naturalize, equip, algebra, brigade.
Some Italian words reflected were:
Algebra, progress, probability, volcano, trill.
Equip, probability, progress, retrenchment, shock, surpass, talisman, ticket
Algebra, capricio, design, granite, stanza, trill, violin, volcano.
Many other Italian words were introduced through French or adapted to French forms:
Brigade, algebra, detail, yam.
Brigade, gazette, infantry, parakeet, rebuff.
Mulato, infantry, rebuff, yam.
If the words themselves have not always been learned words, they have needed the help of learned people to become known. This was particularly true in the Renaissance.
TRUE
FALSE.
Sir Thomas More introduced such words as:
absurdity, combustible, detector, monopoly, etc.
analoger, irritate, modesty, placability, etc.
absurdity, excogitate, frugal, necessitate, etc.
Changes in consonants were rather insignificant. Some voiced consonants became voiceless, and occasionally consonants were gained.
TRUE
FALSE
What was the most important change in the long vowels?
ŏ
ā
ĕ
All Old English diphthongs were simplified, and all Middle English diphthongs are new formations of:
Combination of a single vowel with a following consonant (γ, w) voiced.
Combination of a long vowel with a following consonant (γ) voiced.
combination of a single vowel with a following to another vowel.
