Some Chaaccs of ide Boggy ts Some Characteristics of Middle English Vocabulary ‘Consider these pairs of Modeen English woud. The frst of each pai is derived from Old Felish and the second isa Anglo-Noemaa origin: pigfpork, chickervpoulry alle covufbeef wood forest, sheemutton, house mansion, woth honourable, bold/eouragcous froodomlibery The ole of Anglo-Nomuaa w the language of gov enument and law cea be cen inthe abuadanee of Moder English wor fr the mechanisms of government which drive fram Anglo-Norman: em, judge jury pea, parliament ‘Why is middle English called Angio-Nornan? (Because itis a mixture of Old English and French) snd —lnler — French influences Te some interesting word pais in English, such a he following, which both mesa "someone who defends”: Warden froma Norma, sed Guardian from French, How do you account wi example forthe wiplicate synonymy of English? ‘With its Simplified case-ending sycom, im proauaciaton a 0 lose thar distinetive form and hence thei usefulness. To sonte exten the same ting i roe ofthe web. ‘Middle English grammar was simple than Old English grammar, Comment Nouns: Hw do you account or i fete o Mie aaa ‘demonstrate the Ho pater: fugelemges ae ram es SSkn es cage emg) [ame samen ‘The song (es ploal form hs suruived ito Modern English. The wesk Cen form is now ‘are inte standard language, used only in cxen,cildren, brethren; and its slighly Bess rare in somo dakets, used in even fr eves, shoo for shoes, hose foe hate), ine Toe coms, aad been for bees. Verbs: fo do sccm fot hens of Mile Fags: hee po eke, a Be come? Seta ne ACS ial hs Pye foems vary strongly by dialect, with southern dialects pesceving the Old English ome arn Mn Ena Objet | Passe Teri ig et Ba mT | [or ein | pe tern Poses ie Sali F Femnine 7 Tn tbe third person. the masculine oeauve Singular ecame ‘him. The neuer torm vas placed by 2 form ofthe demonstrative that developed ito Sche, but unsealily hey? remind in some seas fora long tine, The kak of astrong standard write form between the titeenth andthe fllecath century makes dese changes hart to map, “The encrll trend was the rac reduction in the numberof diferent case endings: the locative case dhappeured, but the sx other cases were pally retained in personal pronours, sink hi, is, Pronunciation: (Silent leters in Modern Enalish aeerally como trom pronunciation shits, which moans that pronunciation is no longer closely reflected by the writen form because of fixed spelling constraints imposed by the invention of dictionaries and printing ) Therefore knight was pronoanced [knig] (with 3 propouneed > and the egh> asthe in German Knecht) not [nat] asin Modem English In case Mile Engh ll writen vowels were pronounced By Chaucer time, however, ‘ne RAR bu oh pty pronounced in verse asthe meter required (bu was normally silent whe the next ward began with a vow) Arche charactor: Fi eee a is oa eter | mame promuneation x [Ac [ial poem 34 Yorh [ahivhbiotés] Pp Thon 11 Pp Wynn [ol he gnu di) eye ah Midle English Literature: “The tem Middle Enalis Itertue refers to the iterate written in Middle English from the [2h century until the 1470s, when the Chancery Stands,‘The Canterbury Tats is acllection of stocies organized into a frame nanative or frame tae The tales (mostly in verse although some ae in pose) ae told as part ata story telling ‘contest by a group of pilgrims asthey travel together ona joumey from Soulwark to the Shrine of Saint Thomas Becket at Canterbury Cates