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A History of The English Language Section : 168-171 Nor Afina bt Mohamed Rashid 175800 Rejected Words •New words introduced – not permanantly retained •Some used only few times – some forgotten •A few were sufficiently used for a while – later lost favour and dropped out of use “Uncounsellable” = common in the 17th century -disappeared “Eximious” (excellent, distinguished) – frequently found in 17th century literature by Robert Browning. Now – unknown or very rare Often – no explanation but chance or caprice to account for a word’s failure to survive Most convincing reason – for the failure of a new word to stay because it was not needed Some cases – prefer a word in shorter form Cautionate (caution) Consolate (console) Attemptate (attempt) Denunciate (denounce) New words – were being tried out, in various forms. Reinforcement Through French Not always possible to say – directly Latin or indirectly French. Verbs – consist & explore could come either Latin (consistere & explorare) or French (consister & explorer) “Fact “– Latin (factum) Not the French (fait) Verbs (confiscate, congratulate, exonerate) – formed from the Latin principle Conjugation – direct from Latin ( conjugation-em), the more usual form in French (conjugaison) Words From The Romance Language English traveled in France & consumption of French books are in such words – alloy, ambuscade, volunteer, vogue, mustache, surpass, essay, bizzare 16th century, 3 classes of strange words : •Inkhorn terms •Oversea language •Chauresims English vocab adopted more than 50 languages – French, Italian , Spanish English traveled frequently in Italy, observed Italian architecture, and brought back – Italian manners and styles, Italian words. Algebra, argosy, balcony, cameo, design, piazza, stanza, volcano, cupola Many other Italian words were introduced through French or adapted to French forms Battalion, bankrupt, bastion, carat, brigade, frigate The Method of Introducing New Words •Medium of writing •Have been the work of churchmen and scholars •The help of learned people to become known •Efforts of individual writers and their associates
