aitchinson’s 3 prescriptivst metaphors

Question 1

aitchison created … metaphors to describe …. towards language …. . these are attitudes which ….. have

Answer 1

aitchison created 3 metaphors to describe attitudes towards language change. these are attitudes which prescriptivists have

Question 2

damp spoon syndrome
- this stems from the distasteful act of ….. a damp spoon in a bowl of …… . this implies that people are …. and disrespectful of ….. . example: growing trend of ‘..-…..’

Answer 2

damp spoon syndrome
- this stems from the distasteful act of leaving a damp spoon in a bowl of sugar. this implies that people are lazy and disrespectful of language. example: growing trend of ‘g-dropping’

Question 3

infectious disease assumption
- this is all about the idea that …. are like …. which spread and …. the language
example: text language

Answer 3

infectious disease assumption
- this is all about the idea that changes are like germs which spread and infect the language
example: text language

Question 4

crumbling castle view:
this is all about the idea that english was at some point at a ‘…. …..’ and is now in a state of …..

Answer 4

crumbling castle view:
this is all about the idea that english was at some point at a ‘golden age’ and is now in a state of disrepair