Late Modern English (1700-1960ish)

Key Dates, People, Events etc
1. Standardisation
  1. 1755 Samuel Johnson publishes first English Dictionary
  2. regional differences lessen
    1. Covert Prestige
2. Jane Austen
3. Growth in education
  1. sense of class divide increased
4. Industrial Revolution (about 1760 onwards)
  1. sense of prestige and class heightened
5. Expansion of British Empire
  1. English becomes international language
    1. America established as a superpower
Lexis
1. Informalisation
2. Neologisms for describing the new technologies and scientific discoveries
3. Americanisms
4. Borrowed Terms
5. Polysyllabic Lexis
Semantics
1. Semantic change to describe the new technologies and scientific discoveries
Grammar
1. Regularization
2. Complex grammatical structures
  1. use of subordinate clauses
Syntax
1. Regularization
Orthography
1. Standard spellings
  1. prestige attached
2. Influence of technology e.g. texting
  Attachments:
  - Language and Technology
Graphology
1. Plainer, simpler style
2. Colour printing
Phonology
1. More standardised, converge to RP
  1. Covert Prestige

Resource summary

	Created by Eleanor H about 8 years ago