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
