1. 453 Chapter 9 Late Modern English 1800 - Today

2. Important Events/Trends Continued UK Imperialism 1800s Webster’s American English Dict. 1828 American Civil War1860s Spanish-American War1898 Radio//BBC1904/1922 WWI & WWII  UN1910s/1940s Movies//TV1920s/1936 Oxford English Dictionary 1933 Internet//Web browser1983/1992 Fall of the USSR1991

3. British English Prestige Purity Elegance Linguistic Nonsense Fiscal Reality British: Prestigious American: Commercial

4. American English Intact through Mayflower’s voyage Resembles 1700 Eng. Vowel shift [ æ ]  [ a ] R – loss [r]  Ø ∆ in Grammar as well Change in lexicon on both sides… in UK

5. Linguistic Purism Stuff & Nonsense! (???) Who // Whom Can // May Like (as conjunction: “run like the wind…”) Beating a dead horse??

6. Whaddya Think? True or False? In America grammar is more key to prestige than pronunciation”

7. Whaddya Think? True or False? It is easier to change pronunciation than grammar in your ‘filtered’ speech.

8. On the OED Initiated in 1857 1 st Edition: 1928 2 nd Edition: 1933 (title OED) 3 rd + Eds: 1972 + Ongoing today Scope Purpose

9. Whaddya Think? Given your current career goals, what use might you have for the OED at some future point in time?

10. US vs. UK English Pronunciation Intonation Spelling

11. Dialectal Variation Geographical Ethnic Social ------------------ RegisterStyle // Slang Ideolect ------------------- Pidgin Creole

12. World Englishes ESL EFL Inner Circle (UK, US, Can) Extended British Empire Rest of World

13. Whaddya Think? What factors have been most influential in making English ‘the world language’?

14. Whaddya Think, Revisited? What makes “English”, “English” Take into account what you know, have heard about or can intuit about English in countries like India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Singapore, Japan, China, etc.

15. Exercises: Together: 9.2.1: How many do you know? 9.2.2: How many can you think of? Alone: 9.4.1 (1-9) 9.4.2 (only selected provided) 9.6.2 (you may need some of 9.6.1) Analyze your dialect at: http://www.blogthings.com/amenglishdialecttest/ http://www.blogthings.com/amenglishdialecttest/