Texts for analysis

Describe the inflectional morphology of the following in the next slides:

1. Nominal morphology (nouns, pronouns, adjectives)
2. Verbal morphology
3. Can you adscribe the texts to any dialectal area?
 Text 1 (mid 14th century)

The kyng of this yle ('island') is so myghty that he hath overcome the Gret
Cane ('Great Khan') of Catay, that is the myghtiest emperour of the worlde. For they
beth ('are') moch at werre ('war'), for the Cane wolde ('wanted') make hym holde of
his londes and to be his soget ('subject') under hym, and he wole noght ('not').
And for-to go forth by see, men fyndeth an yle that is ycalled Salamasse. And
som ('some') men callen hit Patro, that is a gret kyngdome with many faire citees. In
this lond groweth trees that bereth ('bear') meele ('meal/flour'), of which men
maketh brede ('bread') fayr and white and of good savoure, and hit semeth
('seems') as hit were of whete ('wheat'). And ther also beth ('are') other trees that
bereth fenym ('venom'), and that is to take the leves of that same tre and stampe
('mash') hem with water and drynke hit, other elles he shal be dede sodeynly
('suddenly'), for tryacle ('treacle') may noght help hym. And if ye wole wyte ('know')
how the trees bereth meele, Y shal yow telle.
 Text 2 (1474)

Amonge alle the evyl condicions and signes that may be in a man, the first and
the grettest is whan he fereth ('fears') not ne dredeth ('dreads') to displese
('displease') and make wroth ('wrath') God by synne and the peple by lyvyng
disordonantly, whan he retcheth ('reaches') not nor taketh hede ('heed') unto them
that repreve ('dishonor') hym and his vyces but sleeth ('kills') them, in suche wyse
as did the emperour Nero, whiche did do slee his mayster, Seneque, for as moche as
he myght not suffre to be reprevyd and taught of hym. In likewise was somtyme a
kyng in Babilon that was named Evylmerodach, a jolye man without justyce and so
cruel that he did do hewe his fader’s body in thre hondred pieces and gaf ('gave') hit
to ete and devoure to thre hondred byrdes that men calle voultres.