Unit 2 AOS 1 - History of English Language

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Genetic Relatedness

When languages descend from a common ancestral language

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Cognates

Words in different languages that have a common origin, similar form and meaning.

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Proto-Indo-European

The hypothetical ancestor of many modern language families

ie. Germanic, Romance etc.

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Proto-Germanic

The reconstructed ancestor of the Germanic language family

eg: English, German, Norse etc

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How did the Germanic Languages split from Proto-Indo-European

Diverged from Proto-Indo-European through distinctive sound shifts (Grimm’s Law)

eg: PIE p became PG f

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Comparative Method

A technique used by linguists to identify genetic relationships between languages by comparing systematic similarities in grammar, sound patterns, and vocabulary.

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Codification

Process of developing and writing down a norm of a language, including elements of spelling, pronunciation, grammar and vocab.

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Etymology

Study of words in a language

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Indo-European

Name of language that was the ancestor of many spoken languages in Europe and Asia, incl: Polish and English, Latin and Sanskrit

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Standardisation

Process of a language becoming more consistent in how it’s spoken and written across its speech communities.