“新经典”系列 语言学类 -- 英语发展史4. Early_Modern_English_1.ppt

EarlyModernEnglish

KeyWordsofEME(1500-1800)RenaissanceReformationIndustrialRevolutionEnlightenmentColonialExpansionLanguageChangeEMELiterature

DevelopmentofEME(1500-1700)TherewasconsiderablefreevariationofformsincomparisonwithPDE.Thisishardlysurprisinginalanguagethatwasonlyjustbeginningtobeacceptedasalegitimatemediumofcommunicationinscience,thearts,andadministration.

DevelopmentofEME(1500-1700)By1500,over35,000bookshadbeenprinted,thoughmostwereinLatin.From1500to1600,thelanguageofatextinthisperioddifferedmarkedlyfromPDE.By1640,therewereabout20,000titlesavailableinEnglish.From1500to1700,Negationwithoutdo-supportexistedinthisperiod(wegavenot;Iknownot).By1700,Englishhadstabilizedandtextswrittenafterthatperiodareremarkablyeasyforamodernreadertocomprehend.

EarlyModernEnglish(1489-1610)1/3

Contents:1.Overview2.BriefTimeline3.WilliamCaxton4.WilliamTyndale5.WilliamShakespeare6.ColonialExpansion7.GrammarBooksandDictionaries8.InkhornControversy9.EMELiteratureandElizabethI

Overview(1500-1650)1

TheRenaissancesparkedfreshinterestintheclassicallanguagesandtheirliterature,andledtomomentousdevelopmentsinstudiesrelatingtomedicine,scienceandthearts.Itwasalsoatimeofgreatreligiousandpoliticalupheaval,andtheexpansionofknownboundarieswiththediscoveryoftheAmerica.TheRenaissance(1500-1650)

ThepublicationofKingJamesBiblein1611,andpublicationofthefirstfolioofShakespeare’splaysin1623weresignificanteventsofthatperiod.TheRenaissance(1500-1650)

TheRenaissanceShakespeare

Thiswasatimeofgreatinventioninthelanguage,aswritersstruggledtofindappropriatetermstodescribethegroundbreakingtechniquesandconceptstheywerepioneering.TherewasalargeinfluxofLatinandGreekborrowingsandneologisms.NotfeelingcontentedwithborrowingGreekandLatin,