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6. Who argues against the idea that language change causes confusion?

  • Labov
  • Giles
  • Trudgill
  • Halliday

7. Who links language and thought?

  • Sapir-Whorf
  • Zimmerman and West

8. Which theorist presents examples of both conscious and subconscious language change?

  • Halliday
  • Labov
  • Lakoff
  • Greene

9. Who helped contribute to the standardisation of grammar?

  • Fairclough
  • Lowth
  • Crystal
  • Johnson

10. When did William Caxton establish the printing press, first initiating standardisation.

  • 1476
  • 1472
  • 1574
  • 1677