Unit 4

What were the popular types of literature in the thirteenth century?

debates, lyrical ballads, didactic and religious poems

"Do the Dew" means that you should _____.

drink a particular soft drink

A humorous tale that was popular in France is a _____.

fabilau

Class discussion demonstrates frozen usage.

false

England had three dialects of Middle English.

false

Final e is silent in Middle English.

false

Latin nouns have cases.

five

The "Statute of Workers" was a measure to _____.

fix wages and prices

Based on how Chanticleer was caught and escaped, what is a theme of the Nun's Priest's Tale?

flattery

dream-vision

form of literature in which the poet can tell a story within a story; the poet often falls asleep and has a dream, which becomes his story

Chaucer's intention was for each traveler to tell how many tales?

four

newly rich, landed gentru; one of the guildsmen

franklin

Franciscan

friar

The other pilgrims knew that the five were successful because they had silver rather than brass trim on their .

guildsmen knives

Chanticleer _____.

has azure legs and toes, white spurs has burnished golden plumage is a self-important rooster

Which aspects of the prioress would Chaucer most likely find disagreeable? Select all that apply.

her attention to fashion her brooch her small dogs

Pertelote intends to gather some to help Chanticleer rid himself of his dream-inducing malady.

herbs

The mock-heroic nature of this tale is shown in the section introducing the fox. Which lines demonstrate a manner of speaking appropriate to a far more serious and tragic content?

lines 408 to 412

Each tale is _____.

linked to one before the other

a skillful cheat

manciple

Philippa Roet was Chaucer's _____.

wife

mendicant

type of religious order that taught and ministered to the poor

Verb

used to make a statement, ask a question, or give a command

Decameron

Boccacio

Context always clouds the meaning.

False

Traditional grammars are still completely based on the Latin model.

False

list of characters and setting

"Prologue"

What is not a common tradition in courtly love literary pieces?

a man being hit by an angel's arrow

What is a folk ballad?

a poem with many words four-lined stanzas written in iambic pentameter an anonymous dramatic song passed through the oral tradition

Chanticleer then moves on to classical examples from the Greek accounts of the Trojan wars, speaking of both of whom had dreams about death.

Croesus and Andromache

A _____ is an anonymous song passed on through the oral tradition; several four-lined stanzas written in iambic pentameter.

Folk Ballad

cheerful host turned pilgrim

Harry Bailly

The pilgrim portrayed as immoral and avaricious is the

pardoner

hair as yellow as wax

pardoner

Chanticleer's weaknesses are _____.

pride and self-love

Madame Eglentyne

prioress

Determine the part of speech for the italicized word in the sentence below. "Hey!" Jacques yelled out the window, "That's my car!"

Interjection

Who is the only pilgrim not described in the "Prologue"?

Geoffrey Chaucer

Geoffrey of Monmouth

History of the Kings of Britain

Early English grammar was based on

Latin

fabliau

a humorous tale popular in French literature

linguistic semantics

deals with the meanings of words as they occur in the language structure

The chaos that follows when the fox captures Chanticleer seems to emulate what writing style?

mock-heroic

Adjective

modifies a noun or noun substitute

Adverb

modifies a word or word group other than a noun or pronoun

Augustinian

monk

In the Canterbury Tales, a to the shrine of Thomas à Becket forms the large framework.

pilgrimage

"Where are they... ?"

popular question posed in Medieval lyrics

Norman French combined and the Germanic language of the .

French and Vikings

Chaucer was captured in the year while fighting in the

1360 and hundered years' war

In what month does pilgrimage take place?

April

Book of the Duchesse

Chaucer

semasiology

semantics

Confessio Amantis

John Gower

Harry Bailly

the host

How many mortal battles did the knight fight?

15

How many pilgrims are mentioned in the "Prologue" besides Chaucer?

29

Determine the part of speech for the italicized word in the sentence below. The fluorescent lights made my headache throb painfully.

Adjective

Determine the part of speech for the italicized word in the sentence below. I visited Mexico once.

Adverb

Divine Comedy

Dante

What was the language of the common people?

NOT French

dream-vision

Pearl

Traditional grammars are considered to be primarily .

Prescriptive

Parson

Represents the ideal clergyman

As a military man, the yeoman is a

Sergent

What does the Greek word semantikos mean ?

Signification

philosophical Semantics

Symbolic Logic

At what inn did the pilgrims meet?

Tabard

shrine at Canterbury

Thomas à Becket

English nouns have cases.

Three

The theme of many religious lyrics was the of life.

Transience

A poet fell asleep and had a dream and his dream became a story. This story is called a dream-vision.

True

yeoman

accompanied the knight

"Bestiary"

animal allegory

Pertelote _____.

is a practical hen is courteous is discreet

Interjection

simple exclamations

To become a sergeant of laws, a lawyer had to have at least years' experience.

sixteen

Which five are members of the regular clergy?

the prioress the nun's priest The friar the monk the second nun

Semantics

the scientific study of word meanings

General Semantics

examines the influence of words and their meanings on human behavior

In three or more sentences, explain why the word bee is meaningless to a non-English speaker.

Bee is an english word that has been assigned to the insect. A language is an aribitrary system. This means the english is system that works for people who know English but someone speaking a different language follows a different system. Thus language is arbitrary and so is the word bee.

I.A. Richards developed the theory of general semantics.

False

Ablative

Latin case expressing separation from, position, motion from, or means by which something is done

Reeve

Oswalt

In the final lines of this section, Chaucer summarizes some of his society's beliefs.Whom does he blame for Chanticleer's apparent fate?

Pertelote

Determine the part of speech for the italicized word in the sentence below. Alexandra stomped out of the classroom with her entourage.

Preposition

collection of wise sayings

Proverbs of Alfred

Handlyng Synne

Robert Mannying

Piers Plowman

William Langland

The Twa Sisters

ballad

Inflection

change in the form of a word to indicate case, gender, number, tense

poor student

clerk

Conjunction

connects words, phrases, clauses

Pertelote was courteous, "discreet and

debonnaire

The miller in the fourteenth century was generally considered a(n)_____.

dishonest man

wife of bath

gossipy and outspoken

mock-heroic

literary form that treats trivial matters in an epic style

Semanticists are concerned with advertising because advertising often changes the ______.

meaning of words

_____ a type of religious order that taught and ministered to the poor..

mendicant

successful tradesman

merchant

I.A. Richards and C.K. Ogden

semantics and literary criticism

signification

semantikos

lawyer of high rank

sergeant of laws

twelfth-century literature

sermons, sayings, history

The name Chaucer came from the word chaussier, which means _____.

shoemaker

Chanticleer's love was

the mistress pertelote

Andreas Capellanus

Courtly Love

Which of the following was not a mandate of the Chivalric code?

Courtly Love

The smells and calls that animals use to communicate are systematic.

False

What is the ballad stanza?

It consists of four lines of iambic tetrameter; lines one and three have four accents, lines two and four have three accents; lines two and four rhyme.

Which of the following sentences are true? Select all that apply.

It is not necessary for a linguist to be multi-lingual.

Chaucer's language was the language of London.

true

was an outgrowth of the feudal system.

Chivalry

How does Chanticleer try to persuade Pertelote that dreams can be important?

Chanticleer tries to persuade Pertelote that dreams are important by telling her that dreams foreshadowing and predict things. He told a story of two friends at an inn where one friend has dreams. The 1st night he dreams his friend is calling for help, the 2nd night the dream repeated, and the third time his friend said that he was robbed and murdered in his dream. The next morning he found his friend dead. Chanticleer tells Pertelote this story in hopes it will make her believe that dreams are important because they can save you.

Hous of Fame

Chaucer

"The Owl and the Nightingale"

Debate

Chanticleer agrees with Pertelote and with Cato.

False

In Middle English, h and gn are not silent in words of French origin.

False

Romance of the Rose

Guillaume de Lorris

The was a worldly person who enjoyed hunting and riding, even though those pastimes were against Church Law.

Monk

Even though the knight won fame and honors, he was also very

NOT generous

Chivalry influenced French and English literature during the thirteenth century.

True

Geoffrey Chaucer used the language that was used in London or what was called the Late Middle English.

True

Gh is pronounced ch in Middle English.

True

Middle English differs from Modern English in pronunciation of long vowels, some diphthongs, and some consonants

True

Southeast Midland is a dialect of Middle English.

True

How was Chanticleer's crowing described?

as regular as a clock

Lines 13 - 26 describe the widow's diet. What two things did she not lack?

milk and bread

red beard like a fox

miller

The physician dressed in silk and seemed to love more than the people for whom he cared.

money

Connotation

suggested meaning of a word; differs from lexical meaning

diseased and morally repulsive

summoner

What was Chanticleer's dream?

that he was attacked and killed by a strange doglike beast

Which character in this group of pilgrims appears the most disgusting?

the cook

Hubert

the friar

Which two characters are the ideal of Christian charity and humility?

the parson and the plowman

Which three are members of the chivalric and military group?

the squire the knight the yeoman

The most colorful of this group of pilgrims seems to be

the wife of bath

In the two stories Chanticleer tells, refusal to heed a dream of warning had what result?

they both died

Which of these are defining characteristics of language? Select all that apply.

Arbitrary Systematic

"Sir Orfeo"

Breton Lay

Layamon

Brut

1. Textbooks 2. elements surround a word which clarify the meaning 3. the way in which English is used 4. Family and Friends 5. friends at a football game 6. Teachers and Employers 7. Making an appiontment

Casual Usage 5 Formal Usage 6 Frozen Usage 1 Coherence Usage 7 Intimate Usage 4 Context 2 Usage 3

Which of the following is not true? Select all that apply.

English is a superior language. Language does not include gestures or symbols.

Language and communication are the same thing.

False

Latin grammar is an acceptable model for English grammar.

False

Morphology is arbitrary rather than systematic.

False

Syntax is the branch of grammar that deals with sounds and letters.

False

Explain how the study of grammar benefits you or why it is necessary.

Grammar is necessary becuase knowing it helps to fulfill the obligation of being person to use language wisely to express ideas and feelings. Grammar helps in writing things for publications, all the way to writing formal letters.

What language did medieval French resemble?

Latin

What languages were used officially?

Latin and French

Which of the following best describes the relationship between a linguist and language?

Linguists study language as a system.

Determine the part of speech for the italicized word in the sentence below. Please take a quart of these dry oats.

NOT adjective

The fourteenth century was a time of _____.

NOT urban growth

Formal level is used with the principal.

True

Language is both systematic and arbitrary.

True

Linguistic semantics studies word meanings as they occur in grammatical structures.

True

Linguists need not be bilingual or multilingual.

True

Semantics is the study of word meanings.

True

Semantics was also known as semasiology.

True

Words like duck and tree are arbitrarily assigned to the objects that they represent.

True

Determine the part of speech for the italicized word in the sentence below. Stephen girded his sword upon his armor.

Verb

Which of the following explains why language can be called arbitrary? Select all that apply.

Words do not inherently resemble the objects that they represent. The word chair does not resemble the object it represents.

Genitive

a case showing possession, source, or origin. Called possessive case in English

significs

an early name for semantics

What is not a characteristic of the folk ballad?

uses improvised stanza formats

Korzybski

general semantics

Dative

in Latin and other inflected languages, the case used for indirect objects

A franklin was a medieval _____.

landowner

Noun

names a person, place, or thing

Pronoun

noun substitute

Which is not a position that Chaucer held in his lifetime?

novelist

Preposition

shows relationship of noun or pronoun to rest of the sentence

Advertising _____ changes the usage of a word.

sometimes

philosophical semantics

sometimes called symbolic logic; deals with theories of meaning.

Accusative

the case in Latin and other inflected languages that is used for direct objects

Animal sounds and signals are considered language because: _____. Select all that apply.

they are completely arbitrary they are not considered language

Chaucer is believed to have had _____ children.

three

The conference level uses more complete grammatical structure and carefully chosen words than the casual level.

true