英语发展史_教学课件 Part 1Middle_English.pptx

张勇先

yxzhang@ruc.edu.cn

Contents

1.Overview

2.BriefTimeline

3.Pronunciation

4.Grammar

5.Vocabulary

6Literature

7.ChanceryStandard

8.GreatVowelShift9.Monarchs

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Overview

MiddleEnglish[MedievalEnglish]

(1100-150o)

Angles,Saxons,Jutes,Danes,Frisiansl

Romanst

CelticLatin

Celtsl

11th15th17th

centurycenturycentury

CECECE

AmencanEnglishCanadianEnglishAustralianEnglishBritishEnglish

lrishEnglish

ScottishEnglishIndianEnglish

theInternet,

Spanish,AmenidanIndian

Latih.Greek,Freach,Italian

ChaucerShakespeare

Arabic,Persian,Turkish,Hindi,Malay

MiddleEnglishModemEnglish

Normans

Vikings

angloSaxon,

Dagish

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Irish,Scottish,Breton,Manx

5th

century

CE

1st

century

CE

ald

Norse

1000(?)BCE

NormanFrench

OldEnglish

Renaissance

Welsh.

Bede

The12thcenturywitnessedarenewedinterestinLatin,Greek,andArabic,whichinturnspawnednumerousEnglishtranslations.

Therewasawidespreadincreaseinliteracy,while

universitieswereestablishedatOxfordandCambridge.

OverviewofMiddleEnglish

ThecoronationofWilliamin1066usheredinanewsocialandlinguisticera.Butthechangeatthetoptookawhiletosinkin,andmanuscriptscontinuedtobewritteninOld

Englishaslateas1100.

Frenchwasrapidlyestablishedasthelanguageofpowerandofficialdom.WilliamappointedFrench-speaking

supporterstoallthekeypositionsofpower,andthiseliteofbarons,abbotsandbishopsretainedclosetieswithitsnativeNormandy.ManyFrenchwordsflowedintothe

Englishlanguage.

FromNormanConquesttoChanceryStandard

FromNormanConquesttoChanceryStandard

ButEnglishcontinuedtobeusedbythemajorityofpeople.WithLatinthelanguageofthechurch