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Early Modern English 1500-1800 CE - Coggle Diagram
Early Modern English 1500-1800 CE
Graphology
long ∫
illuminated initials, dropped capitals
elissin of e in past tense of verbs ex. mann'd, wrack'd, munition'd
inconsistency of inflections, verbs end with ed or 'd ex.tackled, wracked or wrack'd; pattern of non-standartised
ct- adjusted letters
the long continuous block, long complex sentences, no paragraphing
due to introduction of printing press, some phrases are written in italics
some text are organised in two columns
layout of letters changed: there used to be no formal greeting, no names of reciever or writer
Orthography
change in spelling: onely- only, disasterous- disastrous, story- storey, cieling- ceiling, plaister- plaster, shew- show, farther- further
the concept of people writing as they hear: drencht- drenched, distrest- distressed, tho'- though
y-i: tye-tie
-e at the end of words: pease- peas
ck-c: musick-music, publick-public, topick-topic
archaic spelling: OEconomy- economy, compleat- complete
hyphenated words: House-keepers- housekeeper
t-s: antient- ancient
some words are written separately: to morrow, my self, it self
Lexis
borrowings: Latin- potent
some words became obsolete because of introduction of others (more convinient) words: bigness-size, hitherto (Proto-Germanic)- previously, unbecoming- inappropriate
the use of shall which is now replaced by will
nay- archaic no, or even, indeed
Grammar
change in the form of first conditional: if the storm be great- if the storm is great
mostly texts are informative with declaritive sentences; sometimes imperative sentences can be seen
no Present Perfect Tense: This instrument is become
irregular verbs: roused-rose
me seemeth- seems to me
mostly Passive Voice is used to create a formal register
Morphology
capitalisation
the use of subordinate conjunctions in complex sentences
the use of auxiliaries
inflection of 3rd person verb: add -eth ex. seemeth
Syntax
simple punctuation marks mostly semi-colons and commas were used
Semantics
semantic change: main- sea (archaic meaning), blowing- bloom (archaic meaning)- wind (now)
amelioration: proud
narrowing: 1) transplant was used for plants mainly, but now it is used only with organs; 2) ill was used with everything negative, but now it describes only bad health conditions, 3) prosecute meant to complete, now means to conduct legal proceedings 4) humour- state of mind- fun,comedy
broadening: amusment,
Cultural&Social changes
the topics of weather became less frequent
because of change in social classes (statuses), people started to use ladies&gentlemen less frequently
cultural attitudes of the time can be seen by information about females that were percieved to have softness and composure