Language change theorist

1. 1The accommodation theory is all about upwards and downwards convergence in style to become more distant with others

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
2. 2Jean Aichison's theory, tick all the features

   1. AThe Web of Worries
   2. BThe first dictionary
   3. CThe crumbling castle
   4. DThe damp spoon syndrome
   5. EThe counter language
   6. FInfectious disease
   7. GLord Tebbit
   8. HThe media
   9. IThe vineyard research
   10. JThe short introduction to Grammar
3. 3Who mentioned about Imprecise view, incorrectness view and ugliness view

   1. AHoward Giles
   2. BDennis Freeborn
   3. CJohnson Samuel
4. 4'Tongues are like the government, they have a natural tendency to degeneration' this was said by Labov

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
5. 5Fairclough's ideas about conversationalisation states

   1. ASpoken language is changing written language due to technology
   2. BDivergence plays a part in distancing ourselves from those with whom are speaking to
   3. CFeels that English Language has been ruined by texting and other communication devices
6. 6The incorrectness view states that RP is wrong and that people think it is linked to lower classes

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
7. 7John Humphreys said "The counter language is the greater part of the English Language"

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
8. 8The 1st wave of feminism is that

   1. AWoman wanted to create opportunities for other woman
   2. BWomen wanted to burn certain female items such as bras/lipsticks and high heels
   3. CWoman reclaimed certain items like heels/makeup/clothing
9. 9David crystal says "people who want to keep the old way of language and dislike the new language usage of language are wasting their time"

   1. ATrue
   2. BFalse
10. 10Robert Lowth created what item

    1. AA short introduction to English Grammar critical notes
    2. BThe counter language book
    3. CIf you allow standards to slip to good English is like bad English

11. 11Martha's vineyard research shows convergence

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
12. 12Dr Samuel Johnson published the first dictionary

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
13. 13The ugliness view shows

    1. AThat some accents don't sound nice. Freeborn states this is linked with attitudes to an area
    2. BSome accents are described as 'lazy' like Estuary English
    3. CRP is correct and people think this is linked to upper classes
14. 14Tick the Descriptivist theorists

    1. ADavid Crystal
    2. BJean Aichison
    3. CDr Samuel Johnson
    4. DRobert Lowth
    5. ELabov's research
    6. FJonathon Green
15. 15The purpose of Dr Samuel Johnson's first dictionary was to record language

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
16. 16Fairclough's idea includes

    1. AConversationalisation
    2. BIncorrectness view
    3. CAccommodation theory
17. 17Divergence is distancing ourselves from those with whom are speaking to reinforce their identity

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse
18. 18The damp spoon syndrome

    1. AThe laziness and sloppiness cause by language, this happens during omissions
    2. BPeople pick up changes
    3. CEnglish is being ruined by texting
19. 19Infectious disease is

    1. APeople pick up changes through social contact. They use it to fit in
    2. BThe media is an indirect response
20. 20The web of worries includes

    1. ASimilar to a generation of worrying parents
    2. BThis has a disguinished pronunciation
    3. CIt should be removed
    4. DIt is traditional but not needed
    5. ENewspapers popularise new words
21. 21Crumbling castle....

    1. AEnglish is a like a castle and it is ever changing
    2. BThis happens during omissions
22. 22Who said "pillaging our punctuation and raping our vocabulary"

    1. AJohn Humphry
    2. BJonothan Green
    3. CHoward Giles
23. 23Synthetic personalisation is how advertisers create a sense of relationship with the consumer

    1. ATrue
    2. BFalse

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