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13 Cards in this Set
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D.Crystal - Descriptivist
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Change is good - "texting has added a new dimension to language - it is not a disaster"
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M.Halliday - Descriptivist
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Language changes according to needs of the user
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W.Labov - Says that language changes
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- Chang from above = conscious - changes through school system - Change from below = unconscious - slang |
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P.Trudgil - Says that language changes
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Accents can bring around change
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S.Johnson - Presriptivist
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8 years creating first dictionary - spellings were changed in different regions due to accents
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R.Lowth - Prescriptivist
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Standardised/defined grammar and vocab - "Whose"/"Who" or sentences ending in preposition are wrong
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J.Ash - Prescriptivist
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Dictionary writer - first to have omitted expletives - "f**k" and "c**t"
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A.Fisher - Prescriptivist
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If old texts used poor language/grammar, it was for a reason
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L.Truss - Prescriptivist
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Modern education and peoples ignorance cause a decline in grammar
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J.Swift - Prescriptivist
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Proposed to correct English - "our fallen tongue"
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Milroy and Milroy - Prescriptivist
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Standardisation - proposed standard ideas and ideals
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J.Humphreys - Prescriptivist
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Texting is making us lazy and restraining us from fully expressing our thoughts
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J.Aitcheson - Prescriptivist
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Crumbling Castle - English once a fine castle, now its all just s**t
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