Attitudes to Language Change: Pieces of Evidence

Question 1

What did Geoffrey Chaucer say about Language change?

Answer 1

The form of language changes

Question 1

What have linguists realised about language?

Answer 1

Different styles of language suit different occasions and no use of language is bad

Question 2

Who is Samuel Johnson?

Answer 2

Writer of the Dictionary of the English Language

Question 3

What did Samuel Johnson say about language change after publishing his Dictionary?

Answer 3

“Tongues like governments have a natural tendency to degeneration”