Language Change

Question 1

Johnson’s dictionary

Answer 1

To regulate and control English
Secure his language from corruption and decay
It was a hopeless task because words just kept getting invented

Question 2

Johnathan swift

Answer 2

English academy
Unsuccessfully made
Like in France
He disliked clipping and contracted words used by poets

Question 3

Declinism

Answer 3

Idea that language is in a constant decline

Question 4

Jean aitchison

Answer 4

Crumbling castle
Damn spoon
Infectious disease

Question 5

Descriptivist view

Answer 5

If a language feature is regularly used it cannot be wrong

Question 6

Steven pinker

Answer 6

‘Euphemism treadmill’
Negative semantic connotations

Question 7

David makinnon

Answer 7

Ugly and incorrectness view
Subjective opinion

Question 8

David Crystal

Answer 8

Tide metaphor
Language ebbs and flows like a tide
Natural process

Question 9

Fairclough

Answer 9

Self regulated process driven by conversationalism
Can be harmful in multi media texts eg social media

Question 10

Standardisation

Answer 10

Rules of 18th century grammar are still influential today

Question 11

Murray

Answer 11

Shouldn’t split infinitives

Question 12

Grammatical change today

Answer 12

Blurred boundaries between grammatical and spoken language today

Question 13

Grammatical change today

Answer 13

Blurred boundaries between spoken and written language today
Change if prepositions ‘bored of’ influences from American English

Question 14

Robert Lowry 18th century

Answer 14

Bishop
Rules of grammar