Right. On the one hand, I have an exam on the history of the English language on Wednesday, for which I need to revise. On the other, I really just want to hang around on Livejournal.
THE OBVIOUS SOLUTION: COMBINE THE TWO.
YOU ARE GOING TO LEARN THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH ISLES AND ITS IMPACT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE AND YOU ARE GOING TO LIKE IT.
(Note: you do not actually have to read this entry. It's really just for my use. But you're welcome to peek if you think you might be interested. Also, if you have any questions about anything, please ask them; answering them would be excellent revision!)
Basic list of topics to revise:
- The early sociolinguistic history of Britain
- The Old English period: 600 - 1066
- The Norman conquest and its linguistic consequences
- The linguistic situation in early mediaeval England
- Late Middle and Early Modern: consciousness of English
- Renaissance and Reformation
- Shakespeare's vocabulary: innovation and popularisation
- Scots: language shift and what drives it
- The drive for standardisation: officialdom and private enterprise
- Modern English
(Seriously, these are just my revision notes. You don't have to read them.)
( The early sociolinguistic history of Britain. )
( The Christianisation of England and its linguistic consequences. )
And this was the point at which I realised that revising in this fashion was taking far too long, and that the level of interest on my flist is probably not high enough to justify persevering. However, I'm still going to post it, just because it's good to have it around and because I know I have someone else on my flist who's going to be taking this exam. Good luck to both of us.
(If you would like to ask questions about the history of the language post-Christianisation, particularly if those questions relate to any of the topics on the list at the top of this entry, please do! It would be very helpful for my revision.)
THE OBVIOUS SOLUTION: COMBINE THE TWO.
YOU ARE GOING TO LEARN THE HISTORY OF THE BRITISH ISLES AND ITS IMPACT ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF LANGUAGE AND YOU ARE GOING TO LIKE IT.
(Note: you do not actually have to read this entry. It's really just for my use. But you're welcome to peek if you think you might be interested. Also, if you have any questions about anything, please ask them; answering them would be excellent revision!)
Basic list of topics to revise:
- The early sociolinguistic history of Britain
- The Old English period: 600 - 1066
- The Norman conquest and its linguistic consequences
- The linguistic situation in early mediaeval England
- Late Middle and Early Modern: consciousness of English
- Renaissance and Reformation
- Shakespeare's vocabulary: innovation and popularisation
- Scots: language shift and what drives it
- The drive for standardisation: officialdom and private enterprise
- Modern English
(Seriously, these are just my revision notes. You don't have to read them.)
( The early sociolinguistic history of Britain. )( The Christianisation of England and its linguistic consequences. )And this was the point at which I realised that revising in this fashion was taking far too long, and that the level of interest on my flist is probably not high enough to justify persevering. However, I'm still going to post it, just because it's good to have it around and because I know I have someone else on my flist who's going to be taking this exam. Good luck to both of us.
(If you would like to ask questions about the history of the language post-Christianisation, particularly if those questions relate to any of the topics on the list at the top of this entry, please do! It would be very helpful for my revision.)
