Development of analytical forms.

Syntactic system in Middle and New English. The phrase. The simple sentence.word order. Predicative constructions. Compound and complex sentences.

 

Evolution of the English vocabulary. Old English vocabulary. Etymological survey of the Old English vocabulary. Native words. Foreign element. Borrowings from Celtic. Latin influence on the Old English vocabulary. Etymological layers of the Old English vocabulary

 

Historical background from the 11th to the15th century. Economic and social conditions in the Middle English period. Effect of the Scandinavian invasions..The Norman conquest. Effect of the Norman conquest. Dialects in late Middle English. The London dialect. The rise of the London dialect. The age of Chaucer. Development of the National Literary English Language. Economic and political unification.

 

 

English vocabulary in Middle and New English periods. Scandinavian and French influence on the vocabulary in Middle English. Semantic changes in the vocabulary. Borrowings from classical languages, with special reference to the age of the Renaissance. Borrowings from contemporary languages in New English.. Semantic changes in the vocabulary..

Reading material:

1. Ilyish B.A. History of the English Language Leningrad 1973

2..Ivanova I.P. A Reader in Early English. Leningrad 1980.

3. Rastorguyeva T.A. History of English Moscow AST 2001

4..Reznik R.V., Sorokina T.S., Reznik I.V. A History of the English Language. Moscow 2001.

5. Иванова И.П., Чахоян Л.П. История английского языка М., 1976.

6. Ильиш Б. А. История английского языка Москва 1968.

7. Смирницкий А.А. Древнеанглийский язык Москва, 1998

 

Additional material:

1. Граков Б.Н. Древние германцы Москва 1960.

2. Иванова И.П., Беляева Т.М. Практикум по истории английского языка Москва 1985.

3. Линский С.С. Сборник упражнений по истории английского языка. Ленинград 1963.

4. Смирницкий А.А. Хрестоматия по истории английского языка.с VII по XVII в.