
Quiz 7
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1.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
Which work marks the beginning of the prescription stage in the standarisation of English?
Lowth’s Short Introduction to the English Language (1762)
Samuel Johnson’s Dictionary of the English Language (1755)
Noah Webster’s (1828) American Dictionary of the English Language
All of the above
2.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The variety used by Henry V’s Signet Office was that spoken in the…
South east area
South west area
East midland area
West midland area
3.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
After 1066, the High functions that English had acquired during the OE period were suddenly taken over by…
Latin
French
Scandinavian
ON
4.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
What role did the printing press play in the dissemination of the English language during its early development?
Reduction of vocabulary
Promotion of regional dialects
Standardized spelling
Increased literacy rates
5.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The selection of the <gh> spelling for the velar still pronounced by the end of the ME period (e.g. in knight) was regularized by…
The church
Chaucer
The chancery
John Fisher
6.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
During the reign of King Alfred (b. 849-901), which dialect became the medium of teaching and of scholarship?
East midland
West Saxon
Kentish
Northumbrian
7.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTION
30 sec • 1 pt
The earliest attempts at standardizing English go back to…
The OE period
The ME period
The early Modern English period
The late Modern English period
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