1) The first printing press [1467] 2) Samuel Johnson's first dictionary 1755 3) Writers that tried to fix the language through grammar books; Robert Lowth [1762]
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What type of theorist was Samuel Johnson?
A prescriptivist
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Where have some english words come from?
Germanic languages, French and Spanish influence, latin, scientific words, saxon/celtic
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What is Old English?
Anglo saxon languages from 500-1100
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What is Middle English?
When the Bible came out, 11th century, Battle of Hastings, the great vowel shift
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What is early modern English?
Shakespeare, Oxford and Cambridge were set up, Renaissance,
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Modern English?
New English Dictionary became the Oxford English dictionary, first BBC broadcast
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What are the reasons for language change?
Individuals such as Chaucer and Shakespeare, technology (internet), society, foreign influences, science, travel/trade, globalisation, education, politics, words can simply die when they are no longer needed
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What are the different attitudes towards language change?
Prescriptivism: want language to be a certain way and refrain from change, descriptivism: accept language change and like it
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