COMPONENT 2A - Orthographical features

Here is a list of unusual orthographical features which you will need to memorise. These are the sort of historical anomalies that you will have to identify in the 20 marker:

Orthography and Punctuation:

 

• idiosyncratic/inconsistent spelling
• non-standard (link to period, education etc.)
• use of long s (usually initial and medial position)
• u/v interchange
• i/y and i/j interchange
• single consonants eg. super
• doubling of consonants eg. dispossinge, sonne
• lack of final e eg. cam, wher
• use of final e eg. eate, spirite, goinge
• extra e before plural eg. feeldes
• use of ampersand (&) and &c for etc.
• non standard capitalisation
• lack of apostrophe for possessive
• commas and semi-colons, rather than full stops