early modern english Flashcards
1
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William caxton
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- 1st English printer, translator of books
- born in 1422
- in 1476, William caxtons printing press was set up with over 20,000 books appearing within 150 years
2
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William tynedale
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- the bible
- believed the bible should show the practices of the church and everyone should be able to read it in their own language
- took 7 years to make
3
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capitalism
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-the writing system where each word has the first letter as majuscule (upper) and the rest follow as miniscule (lower)
4
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orthography
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the writing of words with proper letters
5
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shakespeare
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- influenced the English language with many words used to create his poems still around today, with different meanings
- nearly 10% of his 20,000 word vocab was new to his audience
6
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samual johnson
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- dictionaries published in 1755
- took over 8 years with 6 helpers publishing over 40,000 words
- each word was defined in detail and had quotations
7
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sound changes
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- in the 16th century, spelling was out of step with pronunctiation
- after the shift, the long āIā became a dipthong
