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Suggestions for a Late Modern English timeline are usually within:

The punctuated equilibrium model:

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1
The punctuated equilibrium model:
A punctuation equilibrate a former disequilibrium
Describes the interruption of an equilibrated time period
A system used to study Language history: doesn't fit English
Disequilibrium and equilibrium balance each other out
2
Suggestions for a Late Modern English timeline are usually within:
18th - 20th century
1950s onwards
1700 - 1800
1600 - 1800
3
What are the problems one is faced with Late English Corpora?
They usually only represent lower class English
There are many contradicting corpora
There are no full and representative corpora
They do not state their sources
4
Language external criteria focus on:
Socio-historical changes or revolutions
Qualitative Changes in a Language System
Quantitative Changes in a Language System
Cognitive Processes behind a Language
5
What is the London Foundling Hospital Corpora?
A collection of Upper Class Vocabulary
A collection of children songs
A catalog of medical terms
A Recording of private letters
6
Finding documents written in Late Modern English is rather hard.
True
False
7
Literature Studies usually:
expands Lingustic Time Periods with important Literature
clashes with Linguistic Time Periods
coincides with Linguistic Time Periods
8
Why is Late Modern English considered a Cinderella?
It is the most "hard-working" phase of English development
Unrecognized beauty of the 18th & 19th century Language
Left remarkable traces (like a shoe) in written documents
9
The exact time period of Late Modern English is not fully agreed upon.
False
True
10
The part of the Language probably most affected by changes in the Late Mordern period?
Vocabulary
Sentence Structure
Tenses
Inflections