[영문과] 영어사 각종 주제별 레포트 (Historical Linguistics)

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영어사 과제로 아래 목차에 있는 주제들에 대하여 탐구한 레포트입니다

목차

1. Find two examples of each of the below sound changes.
1) Assimilation
2) Deletion
3) Epenthesis
4) Compensatory lengthening
5) Metathesis
6) Nasalization

2. What is the difference between phonemic and phonetic change? Please describe using some of the examples.

3. Please define each of the below concepts/terminologies.
1) Language family
2) Sister language
3) Daughter language
4) Mother language
5) Subgroup
6) Isolate
7) Shared innovation
8) Shared retention

4. Please describe Indo-European language family.

5. Why is it important to study language families?

6. What are loanwords and why are words borrowed?

7. What is calque? Please describe using specific examples.

8. What is the difference between pidgins and creoles? Please describe using specific examples.

9. What is decreolization?

10. a) What is historical linguistics? How would you define the field of historical linguistics and
b) why do you think it is important to study historical linguistics? Please explain what you think.

본문내용

1. Find two examples of each of the below sound changes.
• Assimilation
tenth [tenθ] width [wɪdθ] (dental assimilation)

• Deletion
blind [blaɪnd] + man [mӕn] → [blaɪn mӕn]
wild [waɪld] + goose [gu:s] → [waɪl gu:s]

• Epenthesis
something [-p-] (Consonant Insertion)
film [fɪl əm] (Schwa Insertion)

• Compensatory lengthening
far [fɑ:] car [kɑ:] (compensate for [r] in British English)

• Metathesis
prescription → perscription [pərˈscrɪpʃən]
asterisk → asterix [ˈæstərɪks]

• Nasalization
beam [bi:m] sing [sɪŋ] → Vowels are nasalized before nasal sounds [m, n, ŋ]

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