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The World and the LAnguage

2. Answer the questions.

  1. Are there two great classes of words in every cultivated language?

  2. What words do we learn in ordinary conversation?

  3. What words may be called ‘popular’?

  4. What multitude of words does our language include?

  5. What are the definitions of words ‘learned’ and ‘popular’?

  6. What languages are learned words derived from?

  7. Did the Norman Conquest make French the language of polite society in England?

  8. What language formed an important part of the education of English people?

  9. Can you think of any English words of foreign origin?