Miss Myriam

1. Define and explain, The Great Vowel Shift. It was a major change in the pronunciation of the English language that took place in the south of England between 1450 and 1750. 2. Name 5 dialects of Modern English. -Cameroon English, -Australian English,-Guyanese English,-Jamaican English,-Canadian English. 3. One of the problems with Early Modern English was a lack of uniformity in spelling. Which 2 people (1-English, 1-American) helped establish standardized spelling? Early Modern English lacked uniformity in spelling, but Samuel Johnson's dictionary, published in 1755 in England, was influential in establishing a standard form of spelling. Noah Webster did the same in America, publishing his dictionary in 1828; see American and British English spelling differences. 4. How many countries in the world have given Modern English official status? The Sovereign states that have given to Modern English official status are: 56 aprox. 5. The most recent statistics show that approximately