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Flashcards by Elizabeth Carr, created more than 1 year ago

Summary of the People who began the standardisation of the English Language in the 1700s (AQA B Language Change)

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Standardisation in the 18th century

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Prescriptivist

Descriptivist

Dr Samuel Johnson and his dictionary (1755)

Robert Lowth (1762)

Lindley Murray (1794)