The old Germanic languages, their classification and principal
features.
Common phonetic characteristics of the Germanic languages
The chronological division of the history of English.
The Scandinavian invasion and its effect on English.
The Norman conquest and its effect on the history of English.
Old English dialects. Middle English dialects. The rise of the London dialect
The old English alphabets. Old English major written records in old English.
Major spelling changes in Middle English, their causes.
The old English vowel system (monophthongs and diphthongs). Major changes.
Great vowel shift
Consonant changes in Middle English and new English (growth of affricates, loss of certain consonants).
The old English noun system (grammatical categories, major types of declension).
The old English personal pronouns, their grammatical categories and declension. Lexical replacement in Middle English.
The old English adjective (grammatical categories and declensions).
The old English demonstrative pronouns, their grammatical categories and declension. The rise of the articles.
The old English verb (grammatical categories, morphological types).
Old English strong verbs and their further development.
Old English weak verbs and their further development.
Old English preterit-present verbs and their further development.
The rise of analytical forms in verbal system in Middle English.
The old English infinitive and its further development. The rise of the gerund.
The origin of plural endings in mode English nouns.
Types of syntactic relations in old English.
Old English vocabulary, its volume and etymological structure.
Affixation in old English. Borrowings from classical languages in middle English. compounding in old English and middle English. The rise of conversion.
Scandinavian loan-words in Middle English. French words in the Middle English. Borrowings in new English.
Common phonetic characteristics of the Germanic languages
The chronological division of the history of English.
The Scandinavian invasion and its effect on English.
The Norman conquest and its effect on the history of English.
Old English dialects. Middle English dialects. The rise of the London dialect
The old English alphabets. Old English major written records in old English.
Major spelling changes in Middle English, their causes.
The old English vowel system (monophthongs and diphthongs). Major changes.
Great vowel shift
Consonant changes in Middle English and new English (growth of affricates, loss of certain consonants).
The old English noun system (grammatical categories, major types of declension).
The old English personal pronouns, their grammatical categories and declension. Lexical replacement in Middle English.
The old English adjective (grammatical categories and declensions).
The old English demonstrative pronouns, their grammatical categories and declension. The rise of the articles.
The old English verb (grammatical categories, morphological types).
Old English strong verbs and their further development.
Old English weak verbs and their further development.
Old English preterit-present verbs and their further development.
The rise of analytical forms in verbal system in Middle English.
The old English infinitive and its further development. The rise of the gerund.
The origin of plural endings in mode English nouns.
Types of syntactic relations in old English.
Old English vocabulary, its volume and etymological structure.
Affixation in old English. Borrowings from classical languages in middle English. compounding in old English and middle English. The rise of conversion.
Scandinavian loan-words in Middle English. French words in the Middle English. Borrowings in new English.