Question 1

The First English Dictionary " Table Alphabeticall" was published in…..

Accepted Answer

A) 1608 
B) 1700 
C) 1678 
D) 1604 
A) 1608 
B) 1700 
C) 1678 
D) 1604

Question 2

The Philological society'sNew English Dictionary on Historical Principles, begun in 1879, was eventually published under which title in 1928?

Accepted Answer

A) roget's thesaurus 
B) the king's english 
C) oxford english dictionary 
D) webster's dictionary 
A) roget's thesaurus 
B) the king's english 
C) oxford english dictionary 
D) webster's dictionary

Question 3

" How barbarously we yet write and speak. Your lordship knows, and I am sufficiently sensible in my own English" Whose words are these?

Accepted Answer

A) tennyson 
B) dryden 
C) johnson 
D) wordsworth 
A) tennyson 
B) dryden 
C) johnson 
D) wordsworth

Question 4

Who defined ascertainment as a "settled rule, an established standard."

Accepted Answer

A) dryden 
B) tennyson 
C) swift 
D) dr. johnson 
A) dryden 
B) tennyson 
C) swift 
D) dr. johnson

Question 5

Who is the author of " The British Grammar"?

Accepted Answer

A) robert lowth 
B) james buchanan 
C) loughton 
D) swift 
A) robert lowth 
B) james buchanan 
C) loughton 
D) swift

The First English Dictionary " Table Alphabeticall" was published in…..

The Philological society'sNew English Dictionary on Historical Principles, begun in 1879, was eventually published under which title in 1928?

" How barbarously we yet write and speak. Your lordship knows, and I am sufficiently sensible in my own English" Whose words are these?

Who defined ascertainment as a "settled rule, an established standard."

Who is the author of " The British Grammar"?

History of the English Language and Literature

English Language and Linguistics

Linguistic Concepts and Historical Contexts

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Exam 2: English Language and Its History: From Printing to the First Dictionary

The First English Dictionary " Table Alphabeticall" was published in…..

The Philological society'sNew English Dictionary on Historical Principles, begun in 1879, was eventually published under which title in 1928?

" How barbarously we yet write and speak. Your lordship knows, and I am sufficiently sensible in my own English" Whose words are these?

Who defined ascertainment as a "settled rule, an established standard."

Who is the author of " The British Grammar"?

History of the English Language and Literature

English Language and Linguistics

Linguistic Concepts and Historical Contexts

Filters