LECTURE 9 Early Modern English: language (II)

1. ISTORY OF ENGLISH LECTURE 9Early Modern English:language (II) Lei ZHU Shanghai International Studies University

2. 5 Grammar

3. 5 Grammar

4. 5 Grammar The Cambridge History of the English Language, Vol III, p. 151.

5. 5 Grammar cat : cat’s = it : ? it’s its

6. 5 Grammar Shakespeare: But value dwells not in particular will: It holds his estimate and dignity. — Troilus and Cressida, Act II, Scene II It lifted up it head — Hamlet, Act I, Scene II The hedge-sparrow fed the cuckoo so long, That it had it head bit off by it young. — King Lear, Act I, Scene IV

7. 5 Grammar

8. 5 Grammar

9. 5 Grammar

10. 5 Grammar

11. 6 Vocabulary Direct borrowing from Latin and Greek

12. 6 Vocabulary “Inkhorn terms”

13. 7 Reading practice (VI) • The Oxford English Dictionary (OED)

14. 7 Reading practice (VI) • The Oxford English Dictionary (OED) A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: The aim of this Dictionary is to present in alphabetical series the words that have formed the English vocabulary from the time of the earliest records down to the present day, with all the relevant facts concerning their form, sense-history, pronunciation, and etymology.

27. Je l’ai vu. Je l’ai vue. Je le ai vu. Je la ai vue. I him have seen I her have seen