Archaic Text Terminology Archaic lexis no longer used – ‘bacchanalia’ Archaic syntax – word order or sentence structure beast that wants discourse of reason’ ‘a Archaic inflections – affixation at beginning or end of word and ‘seemeth’ ‘whilest’ Interchangeable letters – vowels replaced by similar sounding consonants in archaic texts U and V in ‘Vnkle’ I and Y in ‘Yce’ Long F and S in ‘Diftrefs’ Latinate lexis – borrowed from Latin and – ‘Opera’ ‘Coliseum’ French Origin – borrowed from French and – ‘Judge’ ‘Court’ Non-standard spelling Irregular capitalisation (usually common nouns) – omission and irregular spelling compared to modern or and ‘fixt’ ‘Cattell’ ‘Ballads’ Inconsistent spelling – spelled differently in same text and ‘Moneth’ Pronunciation before Great Vowel Shift – extra on end or doubling of vowels- E.g. and or ‘e’ ‘Presse’ ’breake’ ‘shooes’ spelling before standardisation of speech before Vowel Shift
Archaic Text Terminology Archaic lexis no longer used – ‘bacchanalia’ Archaic syntax – word order or sentence structure ‘a beast that wants discourse of reason’ Archaic inflections – affixation at beginning or end of word ‘seemeth’ and ‘whilest’ Interchangeable letters – vowels replaced by similar sounding consonants in archaic texts U and V in ‘Vnkle’ I and Y in ‘Yce’ Long F and S in ‘Diftrefs’ Latinate lexis – borrowed from Latin – ‘Opera’ and ‘Coliseum’ French Origin – borrowed from French – ‘Judge’ and ‘Court’ Non-standard spelling – Irregular capitalisation (usually common nouns) omission and irregular spelling compared to modern ‘fixt’ or ‘Cattell’ and ‘Ballads’ Inconsistent spelling – spelled differently in same text ‘Moneth’ and Pronunciation before Great Vowel Shift – extra ‘e’ on end or doubling of vowels- E.g. ‘Presse’ and ’breake’ or ‘shooes’ spelling before standardisation of speech before Vowel Shift
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