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England What do we know? Write down ANYTHING you think you might know about this country. bubbl.us
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What is England? https://www.google.com/maps/place/Eng land,+UK/@48.9393077,- 7.3823063,3z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x47d0 a98a6c1ed5df:0xf4e19525332d8ea8 https://www.google.com/maps/place/Eng land,+UK/@48.9393077,- 7.3823063,3z/data=!4m2!3m1!1s0x47d0 a98a6c1ed5df:0xf4e19525332d8ea8 England < Great Britain < The United Kingdom (UK)
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Philology philology: the branch of knowledge that deals with the structure, historical development, and relationships of a language or languages.
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“A Borrowed Language” What might this mean?
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Cuchulain (Cuh- Hullen) The oldest known British Isles folk hero. (Very Irish)
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The Original Celtic Cathac of St. Columbia Early story Written centuries later
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The Original Celtic – Pangur Ban A monk’s poem about a cat This is not English It might serve as the basis for what English became.
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An example of modern Gaelic https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6Jb UDBfY1E
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The Original Celtic Before AD 43 – Old Celtic/Britton Romans drove them out Romans spoke Latin Latin influence in the area (Romano-British)
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Welcome! What were the two languages we discussed yesterday? Which was there first and which was brought and who brought it to England?
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The Timeline (so far) ????? – 43AD – Celtic/British 43AD – ~400AD – Romano-British
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The Anglo-Saxon Invasion
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Anglo-Saxons Following Roman retreat in 5 th century AD (Anno Domini, “In the year of our Lord,” or CE (common era) Germanic Kingdoms
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Slaughter of Locals? Probably not. Small groups settled unused land. Acculturation or slow integration.
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Anglo-Saxon culture kinda took over. Brittons still there Remnants of Celtic and Latin still around
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“Germanic” Tribes Guess what older version of the modern language they spoke. No surprise, German. No record of what they actually sounded like.
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Why combine languages? Anglo-Saxons had MONEY! Kings/wealthy travelled, set up in England Anglo-Saxon became the language of the elite Locals learned it to seem “cool” Families created common ancestors with A-S
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How it all adds up: Old Gaelic Romano/Britton + Anglo-Saxon Old English
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Guess the name of this font! Yep: Old English
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Caedmon’s Hymn Now (we) should praise of the kingdom of heaven the Warden, Of the Creator the might, and his mind-thought (purpose), the work of the Gloryfather, just as he of wonders, eternal Lord, created the beginning (of each). He first created for the children of earth heaven as a roof, holy Shaper; then Middle Earth mankind's Warden, eternal Lord, after created for men the earth, Ruler almighty.
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The Gloryfather? The Christian Lord? Celtic Gods? Roman Gods? Norse Gods?
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Christian Missionaries Traveled all over Europe converting people for centuries Favorite book? Copy, Paste, Repeat Monks = only writers Local stories eventually got written down
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Beowulf https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y13c ES7MMd8
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From the GET GO Language of praise and wonder
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Welcome! The story so far… ????? – 43AD – Celtic/British 43AD – ~400AD – Romano-British ~400AD – 1066 – Anglo-Saxon 1066…
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THE NORMAN INVASION!!!!
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How it all started…
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Vikings going cray- cray on Europe
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France invites a Viking clan to settle the northern beaches to protect the mainland. “Nortmanni” or “Northmen” bacame “Normandy” >> ~100 years
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William the Conqueror – Unites Normandy and sails to England for battle!
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The Norman Invasion Anglo-Saxons: slow, peaceful acculturation Normans: Killing and replacing
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1066 In the year of our Lord (Anno Domini, AD) or the Common Era (CE)
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The Norman Invasion
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Their language Norman-French Mixture of Viking Norweigen/Swedish and local French http://www.thehistoryofengli sh.com/history_middle.html
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Again, they were high-status William the Conqueror took all the land and gave it his rich buddies. Therefore, landowners, business owners, and the nobility all spoke Norman-French. If you were still speaking the Old English? Had to learn new language of business.
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Old English and Norman-French pig/ pork, pigpork chicken/ poultry, chickenpoultry calf/ veal, calfveal cow/ beef, cowbeef wood/ forest, woodforest sheep/ mutton, sheepmutton house/ mansion, housemansion worthy/ valuable, worthyvaluable bold/ courageous, boldcourageous freedom/ liberty. [6] freedomliberty [6]
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Norman Influence on High-Society Nobility: crown, castle, prince, count, duke, baron, noble, sovereign, heraldry Government: parliament, government, governor, city Law: court, judge, justice, accuse, arrest, sentence, appeal, condemn, plaintiff, bailiff, jury, felony, verdict, traitor, contract, damage, prison War: army, armour, archer, battle, soldier, guard, courage, peace, enemy, destroy Wealth: mansion, money, gown, boot, beauty, mirror, jewel, appetite, banquet, herb, spice, sauce, roast Art: art, colour, language, literature, poet, chapter
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Their Language in England English < Norman French = Modern French fashion < faichon = façon cabbage < caboche = chou (cf. caboche) candle < ca(u)ndelle = chandelle, bougie castle < castel (now catè) = château, castelet cauldron < caudron = chaudron causeway < caucie (now cauchie) = chaussée catch < cachier (now cachi) = chasser cater < acater = acheter cattle < *capte(l) = cheptel cherry (ies) < cherise (chrise, chise ) = cerise fork < fouorque = fourche garden < gardin = jardin mug < mogue/moque = mug, boc plank < pllanque = planche pocket < pouquette = poche poor < paur = pauvre wait < waitier (old Norman) = gaitier (mod. guetter ) war < werre (old Norman) = guerre wicket < viquet = guichet (cf. piquet)
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How it all adds up: Old Gaelic Romano/Britton Anglo-Saxon +Norman-French Middle English
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Some Old Translations…
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Middle English Most notable example: Geoffery Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QE0MtENfOM U
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The History of English in Ten Minutes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SfKh lJIAhew
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When we return, please title a new heading “Shakespeare’s Influence on the English Language” Break Time!!
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One man! More influence than anyone else Greatest writer in English Greatest playwright in the world Influence countless other artists and authors
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Before Bill Shaxbear Think about the language Different everywhere No fixed set of rules Chaotic!
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The Enlightenment Out of the brutal, violent “Dark Ages” New ideas of philosophy, religion, art, and science… but no proper vocabulary So if no word exists to represent what you feel, make one up or steal one! 30,000 new/borrowed words added from 1500- 1650
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Vocabulary Warren King "In all of his work – the plays, the sonnets and the narrative poems – Shakespeare uses 17,677 words: Of those, 1,700 were first used by Shakespeare.” Oxford English Dictionary records over 2,000
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Resources http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/re sources/shakespeare-words/ http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/re sources/shakespeare-words/ http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/re sources/shakespeare-phrases/ http://www.nosweatshakespeare.com/re sources/shakespeare-phrases/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMk uUADWW2A
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Welcome! Please have out your notes on English Philology and title a new heading “The Printing Press”
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Sorry China!
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Europe Wins! Johannes Gutenberg Originally a craftsman, mixed a new, durable metal Invented oil-based ink
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Printing and Language Chaos of different dialects Big presses located in London (Caxton), so that was the version of Middle English published Local dialects influenced by London dialect Now shared versions of texts (Standardization and Unification) Mistakes?
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The First Dictionary Dictionary of the English Language, Dr. Samuel Johnson, 1755
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The Most Popular Book… … King James?
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King James
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The Original King James Stuffy, Old, White Dude Commissioned third translation of Bible Latin > English Puritans dissatisfied with first two
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Literary Influence of the Bible HUGE!!! Fall of Lucifer Adam and Eve Cain and Abel Abraham and Isaac Job
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Ever Since… Industrial Revolution Imperialism Digital Evolution
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Report procedure 1. give handout/expectations 2. two days for first draft 3. one day for peer editing/conferencing
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Grammatical Labeling Please label your first draft with the following grammatical elements Parts of speech (4) each nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns Parts of a sentence Parallel Structure List of items Colon, Commas Homophones (4) Apostrophes
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Welcome! Please write in your notes the definition of a paragraph and the specific components that go into making a good one. Paragraph – a distinct selection of sentences, usually exploring a single idea
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What a paragraph needs… Indenting – starting the first line 1/2 inch from the margin – hit tab 5-7 sentences Transition sentence Topic Sentence/Hook – describes what you’ll be explaining Examples to back up the first sentence (support) – Details Conclusion – wraps up specific idea Transition – to the next idea
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Reflection on your drafts
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Introduction Paragraphs What makes a good one? 1. Hook to get the reader interested 1. What are the roots of the English language? Why does English have so many words from other languages? English evolved from many languages. “Interesting Quote.” The English language has impacted the world by borrowing or stealing words. 2. Background information 1. Languages are always changing. When wars happen, people move around and their language goes with them. 3. Big Ideas/Main points 4. Thesis statement 1. English is made of so many languages 2. The mixture of these influences have created the English Language
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Conclusion paragraphs Wraps up entire essay in 3+ sentences No new details 1. Restate your thesis in different words 2. A summary of what you discussed 3. Inviting further thought 1. The future of the language? 2. Hypothesize about other language evolutions?
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Drafting, Peer Editing, Conferences Think about paragraph construction (4 Each) Parts of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, pronouns/antecedents, prepositions, conjunctions) (4)Parts of a sentence (subject, predicate, prepositional phrases) (1)Parallel structure (1)Lists of items with or without a colon (2)Knowledge of homophones (2)Proper use of apostrophes (contractions are OK here, possession)
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FINAL DRAFT Due on Tuesday
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