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"Examine the difference between a Prescriptive and Descriptive approach to language. To what extent should a Language Academy be established to regulate changes in language?"
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"Examine the difference between a Prescriptive and Descriptive approach to language. To what extent should a Language Academy be established to regulate changes in language?" French grammarian, Dominique Bonhours, proved on his deathbed that a grammarians work is never done when he gazed at those around his deathbed and whispered, "I am about to- or I am going to- die; either expression is used." Language is in a constant state of flux and there is always controversy to changes in and attitudes towards language. This is not something new, as it was the Romans that said the Vikings speech sounded like the 'cawing of crows' because of their harsh guttural sounds. The English language has evolved remarkably. The Great Vowel Shift between 1400 and 1700 shows a great discontinuity in pronunciation alone. Different attitudes towards language reached a height during the 17th and 18th Centuries with Prescriptivists such as...
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