Topics

This is a selection of interesting points to do with the grammar, pronunciation, and patterns of discourse of Early Modern English, as well as some thematic groupings of vocabulary.

List of topics

a- as a particleElisionLySinging
AbbreviationsExclamationsMoneySounds
Address formsFamilyNegativesStage directions
AnFarewellsNumbersSwearing
ArchaismsFrequently Encountered Words (FEW)Past tensesThou and you
Attention signalsFunctional shiftPlantsVerb forms
Body-armour GreetingsPluralsWeapons
ClothingHence, thence, and whencePolitenessWhat and what
ComparisonHere, there, and whereRegretsWho and who
CosmosHither, thither, and whitherResponsesWithal and withal
CousinHow and howRoman historyYon words
Discourse markersHumoursShips
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