Lectures in history of the English language and method-guides for seminars

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Lectures in history of the English language
Francis Bacon’s New Atlantis, The Bee & the Crown - The Road to Ascension in the Poetry of Emily Dickinson and Sylvia Plath

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What are the main changes from Old English to Middle English Verbs

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Who was the first printer stabilized the written language and its spelling and what were
the greatest advantages of establishing it
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What are the main characteristic features of Early Modern English Grammar
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5. What are the origins of the following words borrowed from other languages
1) cigar, mosquito, tornado, cockroach
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2) participate, accommodate, global, collide
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3) mango, marmalade, veranda
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4) carnival, umbrella, piano, opera
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5) favourite, police, soup, engage
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6. Testing Modern English Period
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William Tyndale translates the New Testaments ab c) 1525

111 2. Shakespeare born ab c) 1616 3. Publication of the first daily, English Language Newspaper, the Daily Courant, in London ab c) 1525 4. Noah Webster publishes his dictionary ab c) 1828 5) British Broadcasting Corporation founded ab c) 1920 points

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