Implementation Of Standard English (Haugen)

Question 1

Implementation (final stage in creation of standard)

Answer 1

IMPLEMENTATION
- Language used in a range of written texts, particularly educational media + government
- Creates elite status from Standard English
* 15th c.: Caxton’s printing press
- Powerful influence in spread of south-east dialect
* 1526: Tyndale’s Bible
- Most influential in embedding specific words + phrases
* 1611: King James Bible
- Implementation of words + phrases still used today
- Crystal (2010): 257 commonly used from KJV, but used in multitude of different, often non-religious, contexts.
* 18th c.: Rise in newspapers
- Print implementing standard form