História da Língua Inglesa - Chapter 10

Chapter 10 – The Language of Empire

1.      What happened to the English language in the nineteenth century?

2.      What are the three ways that English was implemented in the British colonies? Give examples.

3.      What was the view the scholars provided of the English language?

4.      When was the Oxford dictionary published? What was its importance?

5.      What was the problem with Ancient records of English?

6.      When did the history of English started? What was its view?

7.      What was working class English?

8.      What are the rural dialects?

9.      What are the urban dialects?

10.  What did Universal Education mean?

11.  What was the theory behind language deficit?

12.  What is the standard pronunciation?

13.  What is the Received Pronunciation?

14.  What is good English? And the queen’s English and the King’s English?