Seminar 3 Topics for discussion in class

1. The OE verbal system. Form-building means used in the OE verbal system.

2. Morphological types of OE verbs in comparison.

3. Grammatical categories of finite forms of the OE verb.

4. Finite inflexions of the OE verb.

Literature:

Rastorguyeva T.A. A History of English. Ch. IX § 189–194, 199–210. P. 108–112, 114–124.

Topic for independent study

1. The OE verbals and their development.

Literature

Rastorguyeva T.A. A History of English. Ch. IX § 195–198, 469–474. P. 112–114, 245–248.

Assignments:

1. Provide examples of different synthetic form-building means used by the OE verb from The Story of Isaac's Deceit (sentences 11–12).

2. Compare the OE morphological types of verbs by compiling the table. Mark the corresponding boxes in the table. If necessary, make commentary.

Form-building means	Weak verbs	Strong Verbs	Preterite-Present Verbs	Anomalous Verbs
Flexions
Suffixation
Vowel gradation
Suppletion

3. Do assignments 3, 5, 10, 11 on The Story of Isaac's Deceit by ælfric (A Reader in the History of English. P. 23).

4. Revise the model of grammar and etymological analysis of an OE text (A Reader in the History of English. P. 50–51) and analyse the grammar of the verbs and verbals from The Story of Isaac's Deceit according to the model.

Seminar 4 Topics for discussion in class

1. The OE syntax (syntactic relations between words in the sentence, word-order, negation).

2. The OE vocabulary and its etymological structure (native words: Indo-European, Germanic and OE strata).

3. Means of enriching the vocabulary in OE.

   • word formation (word-derivation, word-compounding);

   • borrowing (Latin and Celtic borrowings in comparison).

Literature:

Rastorguyeva T.A. A History of English. Ch. IX § 211–226, Ch. X § 227–274. P. 124–129, 131–146.

Topic for independent study

1. OE poetry. Subjects of OE poems. Characteristics of OE poetic texts (versification, stylistic devices, poetic vocabulary)

Literature:

Rastorguyeva T.A. A History of English. Ch. VI § 106–107, 275–278. P. 66–67, 147

Assignments:

1. Do assignments 7, 8, 9, 13, 14 on The Story of Isaac's Deceit by ælfric (A Reader in the History of English. P. 23).

2. Do assignment 6 on The Story of Isaac's Deceit by ælfric (A Reader in the History of English. P. 23).

3. Revise the model of grammar and etymological analysis of an OE text (A Reader in the History of English. P. 50–51) and analyse the etymology of the words from The Story of Isaac's Deceit according to the model.

1. Read Beowulf (A Reader in the History of English. P. 8).

2. Do assignments 2, 6, 7, 9 on Beowulf (A Reader in the History of English. P. 9).

3. Account for the peculiar features of the OE poetry from Beowulf by providing examples of:

alliteration;

kennings and poetical compounds;