The Long 18th Century

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  1. 3. author and proponent of the standardization of English: John ...
  2. 5. one of two dominant movements in literature / culture during the LEC
  3. 7. a phrase which breaks grammatical rules
  4. 8. anonymous pamphlet defending language change (two words)
  5. 10. 'the sole arbiter and norm of speech'
  6. 11. proposed framework of sytanctic and morphological rules applicable to all languages (two words)
  7. 16. new genre (and matching appropriate register) emerging in the long 18th century (two words)
  8. 17. author of 'The Rudiments of Grammar', critic of overly prescriptive approaches: Joseph ...
  9. 18. model example for 'correct' grammar
  10. 19. author of the 'Proposal for Corecting, Improving, and Ascertaining the English Tongue': Jonathan ...
  11. 20. one of two dominant movements in literature / culture during the LEC
  12. 24. history of a word's development
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  1. 1. word-formation technique regarded as 'barbarism'
  2. 2. derogatory term for those accused of being irrational
  3. 4. early advocate of descriptive / usage-based linguistics: George ...
  4. 6. group oh theologians opposed to excessive dogmatism
  5. 9. the kind of language suitable for poetry (two words)
  6. 12. treatise on politics by Thomas Hobbes
  7. 13. need for standardization and regulation
  8. 14. 'the disgrace of our language' according to Swift
  9. 15. prominent platform for scientific discourse in England (two words)
  10. 21. any thing reticulated or decussated, at equal distances, with interstices between the intersections (according to the 'Dictionary of the English Language')
  11. 22. first half of the 18th cantury in England: ... Age
  12. 23. author of 'A Dictionary of the English Language': Samuel ...