19th Century

Question 1

When was the education act?

Answer 1

1870

Question 2

What type of English was spoken in this period?

Answer 2

Middle English

Question 3

What was the impact of the British imperial rule that started in 1858?

Answer 3

• Introduction of creoles and pidgins (which are variations of language that come from multiple languages being used to form one language)
• Loan words

Question 4

When was the Industrial Revolution?

Answer 4

1840

Question 5

What was the influences of Jan Austen?

Answer 5

Exposed readers to standard forms

Question 6

When was the American dictionary invented?

Answer 6

1828

Question 7

What was the influence of Michael Faraday?

Answer 7

Introduction of scientific discourse

Question 8

When was Michael Faraday influencing the language?

Answer 8

1867

Question 9

When was the telegraph invented?

Answer 9

1844

Question 10

What occurred during the Victorian era as a result of rapid industrialistion?

Answer 10

Rapid population increase
Led to the influx of new loan words, creoles and terminology

Question 11

What was the influence of the penny post?

Answer 11

It was created in 1840
Packages that weighed a pound cost one penny