Early Modern English (Second person pronoun) 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageLanguage change over timeA2/A-levelWJEC Created by: LivBarnesCreated on: 16-02-17 09:11 What does morphological form reflect? The social factors of the time 1 of 13 In Middle English (1300's) there was a choice of what? Pronoun use, not just first, second, third person or number (singular/plural) 2 of 13 Pragmatic choice of pronouns showed what? A persons class 3 of 13 The pronoun 'You' was a preffered option of who in the Middle English period? The Royal court 4 of 13 ''Thou'' was associated with who? Lower status people 5 of 13 Development of the second person pronoun- In the 1400's 'you/thou' established what? Social status and interpersonal relationships 6 of 13 Choices of using 'you' or 'thou' were made according to? Sensistivity to context and terms of address, like today Sir/Madam etc.. 7 of 13 You was associated with? Respect/ Formality, however it could show coldness, distance and emotion 8 of 13 Thou was associated with? Being socially inferior and informal connotations 9 of 13 16/17th century what happened to prououn use? System became much more unstable 10 of 13 Thou had become more what in the 1600's? Low frequency and mainly used in written langauge like Shakespeare 11 of 13 What retained thou and was not affected by sociolinguistic and pragmatic changes? Biblical Langauge 12 of 13 Thou was retained in what other forms in the 16/17th century? Love poetry and Yorkshire and Lancashire dialect 13 of 13
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