1. INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF ENGLISH
(BBI 3101)
Final Exam pointers

2. Material to be tested A History of the English Language
Chapters 8 (pp )
Chapters (pp )

3. Terms and definitions Inkhorn terms Coinage Chaucerism Register Creole
Pidgin
Accent
Kachru’s model

4. The Renaissance 1500-1650 Pronunciation: Vowel shift
Vocabulary: number of words borrowed, changes to idioms
Grammar: some conservative changes
The problems faced during standardization

5. The Renaissance
Different scholars’ views toward the process of standardizing the English language with important scholars’ names and works
Important dictionaries, their authors’ names, their titles and years of publication
English scholar with the widest vocabulary range
Significance of time
Significance of printing press

6. The 19th and 20th Centuries
Ways in which new words were introduced into the English languages
Ways in which words commonly change their meanings
Names of the important corpora and their significance
BBC
Oxford Dictionary

7. Other Chapters Varieties of the English language worldwide
Distinctive features of American English
Major figures in the development of American English

8. Good luck