História da Língua Inglesa - Chapter 7 and 8

Questions – Chapter 7

1.       What were the political problems of the period after the death of Queen Elizabeth – 1603?

           

2.       When did the Civil War happen? What is the relationship between this historical events and linguistic changes?

3.       What is Saxon oriented theory of the English Language?

           

4.       What is the political consequence of the Saxon oriented theory?

5.       What was the view of the Normans in the Saxon oriented theory?

6.       What was the use of the Bible in the Revolutionary period?

7.       When was the new Bible introduced?

8.       What were the consequences of the breakdown of censorship?

9.       Which orders of society was literacy was reaching? What kind of books would they read? How was the interpretation of this book?

10.   How was the English written by different authors at the Revolutionary period?

11.   What was the social impact of the spread of literacy? And the interpretation of the bible?

12.   How biblical kings and places become metaphors for the revolutionary period?

13.   What was the other revolution happening at the Revolutionary period? Which were its sources?

14.   What was the revolution brought by Francis Bacon?

15.   Why was Bacon’s model negative to the study of English language?

16.   What was the influence of the revolution in English?

Questions – Chapter 8

1.      What was the historical background after the Revolution?

2.      What was the situation after the return to the status quo?

3.      What was the importance of Richard Hodges The English Primrose (1644)? What did he discover?

4.      What was another innovation in the linguistic studies of the period?

5.      What was the main focus of language after Restoration? Cite a few examples. What was its legacy to the study of language?

6.      What was the challenge for scientific writing in the period after Restoration?

7.      What is the relationship between a strict social order and language? What was the measure taken to reinforce that?

8.      What was the main change brought by the Royal Society Committee?

9.      What was the defense for the English language professed by Daniel Defoe?

10.  What was Jonathan’s swift plea for a Royal Academy? What was his greatest masterpiece and what did it entail?

11.  What was the main change of the period from the Restoration of Charles II to the death of Anne?

12.  How was English language seen and interpreted at this period?

13.  How was the scientific approach applied to language? What were its effects?

14.  After 1714 to which class did the writers appeal to? What was the consequences of this relationship?