The History of the EL, exam test
The peoples speaking Proto-Indo-European are supposed to be called
Who was the first to have noticed some similarity of Latin, Greek, English and Sanskrit and stated the hypothesis about a common language ancestor for them?
Old English period covers
The informal confederation of the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms from the 5th to the 9th century was called
The phenomenon exemplified by the mutation (fōtiz> fēt 'feet')
is called:
The phenomenon exemplified by the mutation (Gothic arms > OE earm) is called
The phenomenon exemplified by the mutation (OE silufr >OE siolufr > NE silver) is called:
Between or before front vowels a, æ, e and y OE consonant c is pronounced as:
Tick the features of the OE noun:
Which of the letters did not belong to the Old English alphabet?
Which consonants mutation do these words illustrate:
a) Gt broþar → Grm Bruder
Which consonants mutation do these words illustrate:
raisjan→ OE ræ:ran
Which consonants mutation do these words illustrate:
brunnan – burnan
Which of these features are inherent in the Old English syntax?
Decline of English is connected with:
Choose the right form of the ME infinitive:
The Great Vowel Shift - a massive sound change affecting
As a result of the Great Vowel Shift
As a result of the Great Vowel Shift vowel [ a :] turned into
As a result of the Great Vowel Shift vowel [ o:] turned into
Who is considered to be the founder of Literary English?
What is breaking?
When did the neutral (unstressed, reduced) sound [ə] appear?
Latin alphabet started substituting runes in England in
A minim is a
O. Jespersen believes that loss of case inflexion lies in
“Kenning” is the term meaning:
The Comparative Historic Method aims at
The 1st Consonant Shift
Due to 2nd Consonant Shift, consonants p, t, k correspond to
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