Sac 1 Part 1- Creating The Standard

Question 1

Main events of standardisation

Answer 1

• emergence of London as a political centre
• famous poet Chaucer helped give prestige to London dialect
• London was heart of rich agricultural area
• William Caxton set up first printing presses

Question 2

Define codify

Answer 2

To compile a systematic account of a language by providing dictionaries or grammars