Historical roots of US English (moodlesess sessions)
- [02.11.] [04] Old English 2
Please read sections 3 and 5 of chapter 6, Old English, in Hejná &
Walkden (2022). Do exercises E.4 and E.5.
Hint: Download and make use of Peter Baker's Magic Sheet (see page 259).
Slides:
WS26_history_4_OE-2_BEAMER.pdf
- [09.11.] [05] Old English 3
Please read the remaining part of H&W, 6.4 Syntax. Please bring any
questions you might have to the class, or email them to me beforehand.
Homework assignment:
Please do exercise E.8 Verb phrases. Make use of the magic sheet and,
if you have to, a dictionary, e.g. the online Bosworth-Toller
("https://bosworthtoller.com/"). Other helpful sources are the
glossaries of textbooks or the index of grammars. Please come
prepared.
Note: please do not use automatic translation tools. These do usually a bad job in helping you to understand the structure of OE sentences.