History of English - Ex. 1

Question 1

The book emphasizes the truth that

Answer 1

• language is in flux
• form and expression are beyond the control of schoolteachers or governments.

Question 2

Book focus Spoken or Written

Answer 2

Spoken

Question 3

What makes a language? Written Literature?

Answer 3

language is also gesture, tone, and context.

Question 4

(Author Opinion)

Purity in the use of language advocated by prescriptivists

Answer 4

Language develops according to its own Genius and Power.

Question 5

(Author) English Language

Answer 5

mixture of

• social history
• literature
• linguistics.

Question 6

(Author) Variety

Answer 6

• All different dialects of English
• Avoid pejorative ‘dialect’
• Standard English = Prestigious Variety

Question 7

(Author) Accent

Answer 7

Set of sounds peculiar to Region

Question 8

(Author) Dialect

Answer 8

• Peculiar Sound, Grammar, Vocabulary
• For
• Peculiar Group (Social, Regional, Ethnic, Socio-Eco, Gender)

Question 9

(Author) Language

Answer 9

Includes varieties or dialects of a specific language.

Question 10

Problem of Author Definition

Accent Vs. Dialect

Answer 10

Hard to distinguish

Question 11

English is a second official language in the following countries

Answer 11

a. India
b. Nigeria
c. Singapore
d. Ghana
e. Sierra Leone
f. Tanzania
g. Uganda
h. The Philippines

Question 12

First English Dictionary (+ Impact)

Answer 12

• Dr. Samuel Johnson
• 1755
• Standardization of Written English (Important)

Question 13

English Public School

Answer 13

= American Private School

Question 14

Education Act (1870)

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Upper and Middle Class Melting-Pot

Public School English - English speech Standard

Question 15

Radio heyday

Answer 15

• End of WWI (1918) -to-
• End of WWII (1945).

Question 16

BBC (birthyear)

Answer 16

1922

Question 17

ACSE + Date

Answer 17

Advisory Committee on Spoken English

• Radio Control
• 1926

Question 18

The public-school accent (Synonyms)

Answer 18

• Queen’s English
• Received Pronunciation

Question 19

English Spoken by the Queen

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• posh English -or-
• marked RP

Question 20

Social Hierarchy of English accents in Britain

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– 1. Received Pronunciation.

– 2. Dublin Irish and Edinburgh Scottish.

– 3. Geordie (the accent of Newcsatle and the North-East).

– 4. Yorkshire and West Country.

– 5. The least valued accents in Britain: Cockney, Liverpool Scouse, Birmingham and Glaswegian accents.

Question 21

Influence of American Eng. on British Eng.

(after WWII)

Answer 21

• • English World became American - -
• Interest (social spheres)
• Americanisms (Black Market)
• War Vocabulary (e.g. Cold War)
• Korean War (Brainwash)
• American Products (Kleenex)

Question 22

American vs. British English

Answer 22

• Vocabulary (Fall - Autumn)
• Pronunciation (ae - a)
• Syntax (do you have children - any children)
• Spelling (Honor - Honour)

Question 23

President vs. Queen English

Answer 23

UK: Accent = Social Elite (imitated)

US: Accent = Geographical (do not conform - aristocracy)

Question 24

3 Basic Assets for ESL Learners

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• No Grammatical Gender System
• Grammar Simple + Flexible
• Vocabulary 80% foreing

Question 25

Russlich

Answer 25

• Invasion of English on Russian (Mixture)

Question 26

Japlich

Answer 26

Invasion of English on Japanese (Mixture)

Question 27

The Poet Laureate

Answer 27

• Officially appointed to Royal Household (GB)
• Write Poems for State Occasions
• Alfred Teenyson first voice recorded

Question 28

Alfred Tennyson

Answer 28

first Poet-Laureate whose voice was recorded

Question 29

First Poet-Laureate whose voice was recorded.

Answer 29

Alfred Tennyson

Question 30

Coca-colonialism

Answer 30

• Coca Cola’s commercial infiltration in many countries.