The Early Modern English Period: Porovnání verzí

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* most significant of all phonological developments in English
 
* most significant of all phonological developments in English
 
* change in pronunciaion of verb tense<ref>glottopedia.org</ref>[[File:350px-GVS.jpg|400px]]
 
* change in pronunciaion of verb tense<ref>glottopedia.org</ref>[[File:350px-GVS.jpg|400px]]
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6. '''What kind of social relationship does the usage of singular you and thou reflect in Elizabethan society?'''
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* used to express power relations
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* ''thou ''becoming an exceptional form
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* ''you ''used in order to show respect (everyone regarded due to his/her social status)
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** children addressing their parent as ''you ''and being addressed as ''thou''
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* Bruti: use of you/thou based on social distance and emotional attitude
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** inferiors addressed as ''thou'', equals as ''you/thou'' and superiors as ''you''
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** anger/contempt or familiarity/intimacy expressed by the use of ''thou'', neutrality/indifference with ''you''

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4. What subsystems of English (such as e.g. spelling) were most strongly affected by the process of standardisation in this period?

5. The Great Vowel Shift [1]

  • mismatch between spelling and pronunciation: begun in ME, spelling fixed by early XVI century, but the sound kept changing).
  • change of quality of all long vowels (stressed syllables)
  • standardization of the language: synthetic -> analytic
  • most significant of all phonological developments in English
  • change in pronunciaion of verb tense[2]350px-GVS.jpg

6. What kind of social relationship does the usage of singular you and thou reflect in Elizabethan society?

  • used to express power relations
  • thou becoming an exceptional form
  • you used in order to show respect (everyone regarded due to his/her social status)
    • children addressing their parent as you and being addressed as thou
  • Bruti: use of you/thou based on social distance and emotional attitude
    • inferiors addressed as thou, equals as you/thou and superiors as you
    • anger/contempt or familiarity/intimacy expressed by the use of thou, neutrality/indifference with you
  • GRAMLEY STEPHAN. The history of English: an introduction. New York: Routledge, 2012, xxv, 123-154 pp.
  • glottopedia.org