General English Language Knowledge Questions!

What are the sentence types when analysing a text in terms of grammar?

What is orthography a reference to?

List some general factors that may cause language change.

What is a hyperbole?

Using an example, explain the difference between a hypernym and a hyponym?

In spoken language, give examples of non-fluency features.

When analysing in terms of phonology, what will you be making refernces too?

What is the meaning of archaic?

When was the printing press invented and who was it invented by?

Who published the first dictionary and when?

When did the Great Vowel Shift occur?

What is a prescriptivist attitude?

Name and describe one of Aitchinson's theories.

In the modern day, approximatley how many people speak English either as a first or learnt language?

What is the oldest recorded text of the English language?