Early Modern English SPAG
- Created by: lily goulder
- Created on: 28-10-21 10:10
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- Language Change Over Time
- A- Archaic Spelling Patterns
- U/V interchange
- Random capitilisation
- I/Y/J interchange
- Appended final 'e'
- Doubling of consonants
- Compounds not yet closed
- Alternate vowel pattern
- French influence
- B- Archaic spelling patterns and language change concept
- Johnson's 1755 dictionary not yet published
- Spelling inconsistency
- Lack of standardisation
- Semantic shift
- Foreign influence (especially French)
- C & D- Archaic Grammatical/Punctuation Patterns
- Inversion of negative verb phrases
- Random capitalisation
- Second person familiar pronoun 'thou'
- 2nd person present tense verb inflection 'est'
- Adverbs not marked with the 'ly' ending
- Auxiliary/ dummy 'do'
- Absence of possessive apostropes
- Semi-colons and colons used in place of commas/full stops
- Subordination and multi-clausal sentences
- Use of the subjunctive mood.
- Present tense 3rd person verb inflection 'eth'
- A- Archaic Spelling Patterns
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