Early Modern English (1500-1700) Grammar Features 4.5 / 5 based on 2 ratings ? English LanguageLanguage Change over TimeA2/A-levelAQA Created by: lwilson23Created on: 05-12-18 19:13 Label the feature: 'In the squar stoode the kinge' Inversion of subject/verb (inverted syntax). May also be inversion of verb and negatives (i.e. 'I know not') 1 of 12 Label the feature: 'I know not' Omission of dummy auxiliary verb 'do' 2 of 12 Label the feature: 'not unkind' Double negative - may also be triple negatives 3 of 12 Label the feature: 'ten month' Absence of an 's' plural inflection at the end of an enumerator (unmarked plural) 4 of 12 Label the feature: 'I do usually have' Medial position adverbial (between auxiliary/lexical verb but before finite main verb) 5 of 12 Label the feature: 'The horse was ridden by John' Use of passive voice 6 of 12 Label the feature: 'The man, whom I didn't know, and didn't care for, rode in' Frequent use of subordination/multi-clausal sentences 7 of 12 Label the feature: 'Escape of danger' Archaic preposition usage ('of' rather than 'from') 8 of 12 Label the feature: 'thou/thee/thy' 2nd person informal/familiar 9 of 12 Label the feature: 'you/ye/your' 2nd person formal/respectful 10 of 12 Label the feature: 'Gods glorie' Possessive either unmarked or marked with es, ys or 's 11 of 12 Label the feature: 'hir' Archaic third person possessive determiner 12 of 12
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