1C

• Form


  Specific with word class or phrase (e.g. 3rd person past tense verb, if a verb phrase has a negator then it is a negative verb phrase)
• Identify:


  Form and archaic grammatical feature in comparison to Present Day English (PDE)
• Identifying archaic features


  1. Comparison to PDE

  2. Using appropriate terminology
• Do not mention spelling patterns or change reasons
• Possible answers

  • Archaic 3rd person verb inflection - Southern 'th' inflection replaced by Northern 's' inflection (e.g. groweth, hath)
  • Inversion of verb and negator; absence of dummy auxiliary "do" (e.g. I know not)
  • Non-use of periphrastic 'do'
  • Synactical order - negator following a verb
  • Absence of apostrophe for possession (e.g. Gods judgement)
  • Obsolete pronouns (e.g. "thout" second person subject pronoun)
• Answers should be formed:

  • The third person present tense verb 'beginneth' uses the Southern archaic inflectional suffix 'eth which was gradually replaced by the Northern inflectional suffix -(e)s
  • The second person singular/plural pronoun 'ye' was used affectively in this period to demonstrate respect and formlaity for example, a subject speaking to the King

  The FORM QUOTE uses the ARCHAIC GRAMMATICAL FEATURE (IN COMAPRISION TO PDE)
• "I know not"

  • Absence of periphrastic "do"
  • Negator following a verb
  • Form: negative verb phrase
• "Falleth"

  • "th" southern inflection which became obsolete by the end of EME
  • "s" northern inflection
  • Form: 3rd person present tense verb phrase
• "th" ending instead of "s"


  3rd person present tense verb phrase
• More possible answers:

  • Adverb without "ly" ending ~ used in its base form e.g. "fair written" = fairly written
  • Double negatives were done for emphasis