Study Guide for The First Test

 

Recommendations:

  1. The distinctive Old English letter forms.
  2. The pronunciation of Old English words.
  3. The major morphological features of Old English (the difference between strong and weak nouns, the difference between strong and weak verbs, the functions of each case, the forms of the personal pronoun).

Context:

  1. The Indo-European background of English and its relationship with the other Indo-European languages.
  2. The differences between the Germanic languages and the other Indo-European languages (the Germanic Accent Shift, Grimm’s Law, etc.)
  3. How English came to Britain.
  4. The early history of the Anglo-Saxons and its implications for the language.