Language Change
- Created by: Emily
- Created on: 07-01-13 20:59
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2. Why did contractions go out of fashion in the 18th century?
- Because people with a prescriptivist attitude like Jonathan Swift complained they were 'corrupting' English
- Because people became lazy and did not like to use them
- Because they were only used in text messages
3. Name a famous linguist who was a prescriptivist...
- F.R Tennant
- Jonathan Swift
- Taylor Swift
4. Name two foreign languages that have greatly influenced the English language...
- Turkish and Latin
- Greek and Latin
- French and Spanish
5. What was the name of the standard English accent in previous years and was also seen as the official accent of the BBC in 1922?
- London Regional Accent
- Received Pronunciation
- Standard English Pronunciation
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