History of english review questions and answers 2016
CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF OLD ENGLISH -
15 monophtongs, (7 long, 7 short, 1 central), 4 diphtongs, 17 consonants. Free variaton of R, and it
was pronounced everywhere. Very much Germanic in character. Quite some special consonants that
no longer exist. About morphology: synthetic with numerous aglutinating tendencies. System of
tenses Germanic, but with a reduction of tenses. Paradigmatic leveling; Stress shift; Word order;
Loan words (Old Norse, Old French). Dual pronouns. Determiners - no separate definite article.
Strong and weak verbs. Word order relatively free with tendencies towards SVO. SVO, SOV, VSO
most common. Adposition and podposition were both possible (eesliide ja tagaliide). About syntax:
clauses were joined much simpler than nowadays, using and, then etc
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