Early Modern English, 1476-1800 by Sandie Jane Fyrst-Larsen https://padlet.com/goodnight7/wqj1idet72iq en-us 2018-09-10 11:42:14 UTC 2020-11-16 11:20:36 UTC hello@padlet.com Group 5: Crystal on Standard English grammar goodnight7 https://padlet.com/goodnight7/wqj1idet72iq/wish/279352120 1.     Over which period did Standard English evolve?
 
it’s a very recent accent, involved in 1800. 
 
 
 
2.     What can you define Standard English as?
 
It was an accent, that upper-class people used. 
They wanted to, separate themselves from lower-class people. 
 
 
 
3.     When was Standard English consolidated?
 
They decided in 1800 that schools, is now using standard English. 



]]> 2018-09-10 12:07:16 UTC https://padlet.com/goodnight7/wqj1idet72iq/wish/279352120 Group 3: The Inkhorn Controversy nada_99 https://padlet.com/goodnight7/wqj1idet72iq/wish/279742768  Mariam, Heba, Nada og Rafil
◦       1. Why were some authors deeply worried about the language changes? 

Because the fear of losing identity/culture in the English language.

◦       2. What worried the author Jonathan Swift and the poet Edmund Waller about the English language?
He was afraid of the changes in the language and the consequence that people of the next generation wouldn't understand the point in the poems.
 " How then shall any man, who hath a genius for history equal to the best of the ancients, be able to undertake such work with spirit and cheerfulness, when he considers that he will be read with pleasure but [for no more than] a few years, and in an age or two shall hardly be understood without an interpreter."
◦       3. Why are many Danes concerned about globalization? 
One part believes that influx of foreign words must be condemned, since it was a danger to the English language and culture.  The other side saw the good parts of the English languages changes with the times to make sense.
◦       4. Explain in detail (2-3 lines) what The Inkhorn Controversy was a dispute about  The inkhorn controversy its about the back in the days were people from different countries was scared that they would loose their values and history if they change language, and they discussed the downsides and benefites about it.q

◦       5. What was published in 1755? 

]]> 2018-09-11 08:22:04 UTC https://padlet.com/goodnight7/wqj1idet72iq/wish/279742768 Group 6: Crystal on standard english accent talha232 https://padlet.com/goodnight7/wqj1idet72iq/wish/279744049 What is received pronunciation/RP?
- Received pronunciation is a higer class english accent.

How did RP come into being? 
- Because the upper class wanted to distance them selves from the lower class. 

What is characteristic of Cockney as opposed to RP? Give examples. 
- Cockney is spoken by lower class people and RP was the accent of the higher. The diffrence between the two the cockney said fx. hurt without the "h" and the RP said it with the "h".

 
Who speak RP nowadays? 
- A very little percentage of the people in England.

How is RP looked upon today? 
- RP is looked as a posh and a distant accent. 
 
What is characteristic of the accent that people speak in England today? 
- Other accents are more attractive, warmer and more app so it's a mix of the accents in the UK.    

Talha, Anwar og Sahera
]]> 2018-09-11 08:25:59 UTC https://padlet.com/goodnight7/wqj1idet72iq/wish/279744049 Group 1: Early Modern English kristoffervalentinhansen https://padlet.com/goodnight7/wqj1idet72iq/wish/279745565 1. there were neither dictionaries nor grammar books

2. alot of new things were discovered and the English language needed to adapted with new words and a new language arisen. 

3. New explorations were made during this time. for example was the square root discovered during this time and the language evolved.

4. He created the printer that made mass production of texts available.]]> 2018-09-11 08:31:15 UTC https://padlet.com/goodnight7/wqj1idet72iq/wish/279745565 Group 2: Changes in society: yusufozcan87 https://padlet.com/goodnight7/wqj1idet72iq/wish/279745591
1. The way one would produce books and scripts, would now take a fraction of the time that it used to. Which can now be seen as a very crucial part of english culture.

2. Basically what kind of language that should be used in the products that they sell, to be sure of most profit. That proved to be difficult due to the lack of uniformity.

3. Besides it being a nuisance for businessmen selling the books, it showed a divide in peoples language on many levels. Difficulty level, dialect, and so on.

4. It was a sort of revolution. Now that such a variety of different books, from over 50 different langauges now was available and collected in just one language was extraordinary.

5. A lot of people turned their attention to the likes of Copernicus, Columbus, and Newton who all in their respectful fields were revered by their work.]]> 2018-09-11 08:31:22 UTC https://padlet.com/goodnight7/wqj1idet72iq/wish/279745591 Group 4: The end of the Early Modern English period imanwaheliye https://padlet.com/goodnight7/wqj1idet72iq/wish/279748351  
1. How different was the English language by the Early Modern period?
 
Much different, cause in the beginning of the period, nobody knew how to write or print correctly.  

2. Why do we need to distinguish between Early Modern English language and Modern English Modern English language?
around the end of Early Modern English Period, the language English seemed
not all that different from the English we know about today. Still, it makes good sense to distinguish between Early Modern and Modern English as many words have acquired new or different meanings and the pronunciation has changed considerably.

3. Give an example from Jane Austen’s Emma of a word which had a different meaning in 1816.
(essay = attempt), (inmate = a person living in a house, not a prison), (grateful = satisfactory).

4. Would you be able to understand Jane Austen if you meet her today?
No

Amira, Rukaja, Mina, Fatemah & Iman

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