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YEAR III

History of English - FINAŁ EXAM

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_- a 16th century Protestant neformer and scholar who translated the Bibie into the Early

Modem English of his day.

21)    During the early years of American settlement a highly distinctive form of English was emerging in the

islands of the West Indies and the southem part of the mainland. This was_. This was a

consequence of the importation of African slaves to work on the sugar plantations. (1 point)

The policy of the slave-traders was to bring people of different language backgrounds together in the ships, to make it difficult for groups to plot rebellion. The result was the growth of several pidgin forms of communication, some of which developed later into creoles.

22)    Define the terms creote and pidgin. (4 points)

23)    Write in the places of English expansion. (3 points)

Toward the end of the 18^m century, the continuing process of British world exploration established the

English language in the southem hemisphere._was visited by James Cook in 1770, and

within 20 years Britain had established its first penal colony there, thus relieving the pressure on the overcrowded prisons in England.

Although Dutch colonists arrrved there as early as 1652, British involvement in the region dates only from 1795, during the Napoleonie Wars, when an expeditionary force invaded. British control was established in 1806, and a policy of settlement began in earnest in 1820, when some 5,000 British were given land there. This place is_.

In terms of numbers of English speakers, this area ranks along with the USA and UK. This is largely due to the special position which the language has come to hołd there itself, where it has been estimated that around 20 per cent of the people now make regular use of English. The first regular British contact with this area came in 1600 with the formation of a company there It established its first trading station in Surat in 1612. This place in question is_

24)    Who wrote what and when? Correct the information provided. (9 points)

AUTHOR	TITLE	TIME
Caedmon	An American Dictionary of the English Language	Modern English Period
Geoffrey Chaucer	The Bibie	Modem English Period
Jane Austen	The Peterborough Chronicie	Early Modern English Period
King James	A Short Introduction to English Grammar	Middle English Period
Noah Webster	The Canterbury Tales	Middle English Period
Samuel Johnson	Emma	Old English Period
William Shakespeare	A Dictionary of the English Language	Modem English Period
Robert Lowth	Richard III	Early Modem English Period
Monks	Hymn	Early Modem English Period

AUTHOR	TITLE	TIME
Caedmon
Geoffrey Chaucer
Jane Austen
King James
Noah Webster
Samuel Johnson
William Shakespeare
Robert Lowth
Monks

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