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Flashcards by (umbr)ella, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by (umbr)ella
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| Question | Answer |
| Periods of English | Old English - 450-1050 Middle English - 1050-1450 Early Modern English - 1450-1750 Modern English -1750 -1900 Contemporary - 1900 to present |
| 1066 | Norman Invasion. Split language use in England. French was considered prestigious. Lead to many Latinate and French borrowings |
| 1467 | Caxton's printing press in England. Replicates language easily and English books appear making language accessible |
| 1525 | Tyndale Bible is the first illegal English translation |
| 1551 | Rise of Grammarians in 16th Century. John Hart's book on punctuation |
| 1586 | William Bullkor's 'A Brief Grammar of English' focused on grammar |
| 1604 | Cawdrey's Dictionary very simple and brief definitions |
| 1611 | King James Bible is first commissioned English Bible. Still ued today along with idioms e.g. salt of the earth |
| 16th - early 17th Century | Shakespeare often credited with introducing many words and idioms. Used affixation and conversion Inkhorn Controversy- brought in new words to English language from the Classics deemed pretentious |
| 1755 | Dr Johnson's Dictionary tried to set a standard for orthography as well as defining words by their etymology |
| 17th Century - 1776 | Found America and then it became independant |
| 1760-1800 | Industrial Revolution - link to functional theory |
| 18th Century | Robert Lowth wanted English to be more like Latin |
| 1870 | Education Act making schooling compulsory until age 12. Improved literacy rates. Some local variation in spellings e.g burned and burnt |
| 1884 | OED was born |
| 1922 | BBC Radio on television 10 yrs later |
| Overt and Covert Prestige | Labov, Covert Prestige = language gains prestige for being different to Standard Overt Prestige = Standard is prestigious |
| Howard Giles Accomodation theory | Convergence = move speech closer to another Divergence = move speech away from a person Downwad convergence = moves accent down social ladder from RP to working class Upward convergence = Up social ladder |
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