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23 Cards in this Set
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What launguage family does English belong to?
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Indo-European
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What language group does English belong to?
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Germanic
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What is English's closest relative?
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Dutch
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When was the angle-saxon invasion?
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449 AD
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Who was killed in 1066 CE when the Normands invaded? (He was shot in the eye)
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Harold Goodwin
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What are Runes?
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Carved letters with no curves, (ancient writing)
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When and what happened with English Nationalism?
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1300-1500, decreased amont of French and Latin spoken.
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Renaissance English showed an upsurge in which four areas?
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arts, literature, sciences, philosophy
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Who was an incredible author of the Early Modern English?
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William Shakespeare
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What was the gradual change in the pronunciation of the long vowels called?
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The Great Vowel Shift
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How many translators did it take tto translate the Hebrew Old Testament to the Early Modern version?
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54
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Began in 1603 and finished in 1671, what was the name of the bible that is still used today?
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King James Bible
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The Standardization of English led to what?
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Dictionaries, grammer books, and increased literacy rates
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Age of _______/_______ encouraged new words in the areas of science, history, art,and politics. Led to many name words from what language?
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Reason/Enlightenment, Greek
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The first dictionary, written in 1709-1784 was written by whom?
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Samuel Johnson
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Who wrote the first American Dictionary?
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Noah Webster (1758-1843)
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Why were dictionaries writeen?
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To slow language change
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Why are Celtic languages dying out?
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Lack of education and use
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These modern dialect start with a B. What the 2?
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British and Black
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These modern dialect start with a A. What the 2?
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American and Australian
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These modern day dialects both start with an S. What are the two?
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Scottish and South American
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These modern day dialects start with a C and an I. What are the two?
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Canadian and Irish
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WHat is Chicano English?
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Spanglish
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