INDIVIDUAL TASK 33.

What is the origin of Afro-American

THE ADVENTURE OF ENGLISH vernacular?
34. What are the grammatical features of Black
EPISODE 5 English?
35. Did black people fail in learning the
language?
1. Watch the video and answer the
37. What message did the slaves find in the
questions.
Bible?
38. When and where did the Civil War start?
1. What is the England’s greatest export?
39. What is Ku Klux Klan?
2. Where and when did the pilgrims land?
3. Who were the pilgrims? 40. When did the mixing of white and black
4. What did the pilgrims find in America? vocabularies begin?
5. What is the role of the great sachem? 41. Who captured different dialects of English?
6. Why did the newcomers turn to the local 42. How did English in America change over
languages? first 300 years?
7. Why did English borrow few local words?
8. Why did the settlers give America English 2. Write out all the words of this
place names? period.
9. What was a crime (in terms of the language)? 1. Words from the local languages.
10. How was English taught in America? 2. Give the words typical of America.
11. What is the first name of New York? 3. Scottish and Irish words in AE
12. Which territories came under British rule? 4. Gambling words
13. What were the first differences of English in 5. Alcohol words
America? 6. Words that came with new settlers
14. What was American pronunciation like? 7. What was the new influx of Indian words
15. Which English did Americans speak? 8. Baroque words
16. What began with the “shot heard all over the 9. “Gold-digging” words
world”? 10. “Cowboy” words
17. What is the second most influential book in 11. Words of African origin in English
the history of English?
18. What did the Webster’s book do?
19. Why did the Americans claim they kept the
language pure?
20. How did they get Louisiana? Was it huge?
21. Who was making a new American voice?
22. What were the French words in America
like?
23. Who are the “rednecks”?
24. Which “hobbies/activities” influenced the
language?
26. How numerous were the words for “drunk”?
Give examples
27. What was the “tall talk”? Who was it
popularized by?
28. What brought thousands of people to
western territories?
29. Who is the real McCoy?
30. Who is Buffalo Bill?
31. What was the language of the black
population like?
32. Where were the black people from?