4. The most important changes in the morphological classes of verbs (strong verbs, weak verbs, minor group of verbs). Origin of some groups of modern non-standard verbs.
Recommended readings:
Ilyish B.A. History of the English Language. – L., 1973. – Р. 87-106, 189-205, 278-293.
Rastorguyeva T.A. A History of English. – M., 1983. – Р. 108-124, Р. 241-259.
Text: read a passage from the Old English translation of Bede’s ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.
1) identify the word structure of the OE nouns;
2) define their grammatical categories in the text.