Historical Texts Analysis Framework
- Created by: Linkeehh
- Created on: 16-06-15 13:50
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- Framework
- Orthography
- Use of long 'S'
- u/v and y/i/j substitution
- additional final 'e' inflection
- inconsistent consonant doubling
- inconsistent spelling within the same text
- Lexis/Semantics
- Semantic Shift
- Specialisation
- The meaning of the word becomes more specific
- Amelioration
- The meaning of the word becomes more POSITIVE
- Pejoration
- The meaning of the word becomes more NEGATIVE
- Generalisation
- The meaning of the word becomes less specific
- Weakening
- Meaning of the word becomes less powerful
- Stengthening
- Meaning of the word becomes more powerful
- Specialisation
- Archaisms
- Words no longer in use
- Use of Latinate words
- In early development of English Latin was the Prestige form. English was for Peasants.
- Neologisms (new words)
- Words used in the newer text that likely didn't exist in the old one.
- Vocabulary reflecting society
- How the language use reflects the society of the time
- Semantic Shift
- Grammar
- Archaic Inflections
- ThinkEST, haTH, doST.
- Some remnants of Archaic Inflections exist in modern verbs
- SlepT, childrEN
- Archaic Pronouns
- Punctuation Differences
- Longer, more complex sentence structures
- Syntax Inversion
- Use of conjunctions/co-ordination/ compound sentences
- Archaic Inflections
- Discourse Structure
- Anaphoric Reference
- Proper noun before pronouns (reffering back)
- Cataphoric Refence
- Pronouns before proper nouns (reffering ahead)
- Exophoric Reference
- Reference to wider text/external things
- Intertextual Reference
- Allusion or Explicit Reference to another text
- Anaphoric Reference
- Orthography
- Archaisms
- Words no longer in use
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