Late Modern English Flashcards
1
Q
Genres
A
Dictionaries, grammars
2
Q
Lexical inventory
A
Science, technology, WWI and WWII, TV and broadcasting, computers
3
Q
Colonial expansion
A
US, Canada, Black English, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, South Asia, pidgins and creoles
4
Q
World language
A
Three circles
5
Q
Spelling
A
ß (other than at end/ capitalised), nouns are capitalised, ligatures, discrepancy ise/ size etc, ‘d in past tense
6
Q
Standardisation
A
Selection, elaboration, codification, acceptance
