Language Variation Over Time

The 3rd person inflection 'eth' was a feature of which English regional dialect

The following term was used to refer to someone who wrote using 'new', (often Latinate) terms

The Renaissance introduced lexis mostly related to

Major cultural influences during the EME period included

Late Modern English was chiefly influenced by

American spellings were standardised (differently) to English spellings in

Middle English was greatly influenced by contact with which language

The following graphemes were used interchangeably in EME

Late Modern English begins around which date

From which language did we adopt nouns which end in 'tion'

The Early Modern English period begins in

The term 'prescriptivism' means

Languages only survive in spoken form when they are useful

From which language did we absorb 'strong' verb forms, such as 'sing' - 'sung'

Modern English has been greatly influenced by

Which period in time precedes Early Modern English

Readers in the 1800s had greater access to

The introduction of the printing press in 1478 had what key effect on the English Language

Identify the split infinitive

Why is it considered wrong to split an infinitive verb combination in English

During the 1700s, there was a strong movement towards what, in relation to the English language

The term 'Descriptivism' means