What is standardisation?

standardisation of language in terms of orthography/grammar

What is prescriptivism?

The prescription of rules for correct language usage

Words take on a negative meaning

Orthographical change is concerned with...

spellings, capitalisation, punctuation, phonetics

What is amelioration?

Words take on more positive meaning

What is an obsolete lexical choice?

Word which is no longer used today

What were the rules for the long 'S'?

At the beginning and the middle of words

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1
When was Dr Johnson's dictionary published?
1850
1755
1624
1799
2
What is the period of Late Modern English
750-1150
1450-1700
1150-1450
1700-present
3
What has influenced 21C English?
Star Wars
Emails
Creative Writing
Technology
4
What is a blend?
Parts of words joined together
Blending French & English
Whole words joined together
Words and their connotations
5
What was the period of middle English
1450-1700
1150-1450
1700-present
450-1150
6
What is standardisation?
standardisation of language in terms of orthography/grammar
Standard English
how Standard English became the dominant dialect in English
Prescriptivism
7
2 features of 21C English are:
Compound sentences
Ellipsis & Elision
Subordinating conjunctions
Complex sentences
8
And who published ‘A short introduction to English Grammar’?
William Shakespeare
Bishop Robert Lowth
Dr Samuel Johnson
Archbishop of Canterbury
9
How many periods in the History of English?
4
2
8
6
10
What is orthography?
pragmatics
etymology
semantics
spelling
11
When was ‘A short introduction to English Grammar’ published?
1976
1356
1762
1888
12
How would you describe the syntax of some pre 20th century texts?
strange syntax
inaccurate syntax
convoluted syntax
messy syntax
13
What is prescriptivism?
The prescription of rules for correct language usage
inaccurate spelling and grammar
The drive for accurate spelling
The drive to eliminate inaccurate spelling
14
What was the period of Old English?
1150-1450
1450-1700
1700-present
450-1150
15
What is pejoration?
Words take on a positive meaning
Words sensitive to context
Words take on a negative meaning
Words not used as frequently
16
What is conversion?
Change of word class over time
Change of meaning over time
Change of grammar over time
Change of lexis over time
17
What words usually capitalised in early modern texts?
prepositions
adjectives
verbs
nouns
18
Orthographical change is concerned with...
history of the English language
Dr Johnson's dictionary
spellings, capitalisation, punctuation, phonetics
1755 and all that
19
Which of the following are features of pre-20th century texts?
colloquial forms
idioms
minor sentences
multi-clausal sentences
20
What is descriptivism?
No right/wrong language use
Analysing language and its effects
the context of language
Descriptive language
21
What was the period of Early Modern English
750-100
450-750
1700-present
1450-1700
22
What conjunctions are extensively used in pre 20th Century texts?
coordinating conjunctions
subordinating conjunctions
relative conjunctions
23
What is amelioration?
Words take on more negative meaning
Words become less frequent
Words become more frequent
Words take on more positive meaning
24
What is an obsolete lexical choice?
Word which is used politely today
Word which is frequently used today
Word which has been replaced with another word
Word which is no longer used today
25
What were the rules for the long 'S'?
At the beginning of words only
At the end of words only
At the beginning and end of words
At the beginning and the middle of words

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