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The World and the LAnguage

2. Answer the questions.

  1. What does the term "British English" mean?

  2. When did standards of pronunciation and vocabulary gradually become established?

  3. What important features of the English dialects do you know?

  4. What is Received Pronunciation?

  5. What is standard English?

  6. What is Estuary English and when did it develop?

  7. What provoked a strong reaction among people who believed that the standard of English was falling?

  8. Why are people worried about the increasing influence of American English?

  9. What can you say about modern written and spoken language of your native language?