History of the language

What you’ll learn

1. Distinguish a creator’s work, a written tradition and a later historical narrative.
2. Recognise historical forms without presenting them as present-day speech.
3. Explain how grammatical change differs from a spelling reform.
4. Distinguish origin, transmission and present-day register.
5. Compare historical spelling with the modern standard without confusing letters and sounds.
6. Explain an archaism in relation to voice, genre and context.