national organisation to control the use and development of English

Question 1

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• could be helpful for standardisation and thus communication
• 1755 Johnsons dictionary
• national identity academy Francis rejects wester words “hostage”- “mot diese” ASAP-“des sue possible” and cash “especes”
• however this is prescriptivist

Question 2

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• national organisations and prescribed language is unnatural as it attempts the “living organism” (John Humphreys)
• diglossia pre French Revolution linguistic division of Labour meant that nobody who spoke Occitan could had social mobility as it was labelled unstandard
• Deborah Cameron - “language is a proxy battleground for wider social issues”
• f/m Jean Aitchison crumbling castle metaphor suggests that no standard form.
• functionalism supports the logical gap theory that neologisms form when necessary COVID-19.

Question 3

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• national organisation would need mass conformity
  -Queens English society - personal pronouns “Hannah and I” (politeness not grammatical)
  double negatives is prejudice to York and could be stylistic Shakespeare: “no woman has nor never none shall be mistress of it”