Questions for Chapter 9
1.
What
is the eighteenth century contradiction?
2.
How
was the scholar study of English at that time?
3.
How
were the eighteenth century dictionaries?
4.
Who
was Samuel Johnson? What did he do that was significant? Give a few examples.
5.
What
was his idea about “language corruption”? And what kind of texts he encouraged
people to read?
6.
What
is the difficulty of grammar for native speakers?
7.
How
were the grammars divided in the 18th. century?
8.
What
was the most influential grammar of the 18th. century?
9.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of a
standard language?
10. What is the effect of a society that interprets
variation is speech in terms of ‘correctness”?
11. What are the differences in London English? What
effects does it produce?
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