English outline Growth of Modern English
I. The First Grammars and Dictionaries 1. The first books appeared shortly before the sixteenth century 2. These books were intended to teach foreigners English and to teach English pupils a) The first known book is William Bullokar's Pamphlet for Grammar, which was a great achievement for its time. 1. By the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries many grammar books existed and thrilled English speakers. 1. The first dictionaries such as Robert Cawdrey's A Table Alphabeticall...of Hard Usuall English Wordes, contained only hard words that would be difficult for a normal person to understand. 2. These early dictionaries didn't even define the words but rather gave a familiar 3. By the eighteenth century dictionaries began to include all word and began to give fuller definitions, part of speech, etymology, and pronunciation. 4. Today, The English language has the best dictionaries on Earth.
reformers of public manners and morals. A. The Enlightenment and changing views
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