Prescriptive or descriptive account of english

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Codification and Standardization

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Question 1 - Giving a description of the development of English and how was codification affected by printing Q2- why are dictionaries important Q3- What are the varieties of words included Q4- Approach of descriptive and perspective in dictionaries. Discuss the codification of English with reference to dictionary compilation. Discussing the TMA's subject matter has to draw on the following ideas:

The history of how English has been codified in dictionaries and grammar books
The reasons why dictionaries were commissioned
The criteria used for including words in the dictionary
The extent to which a dictionary is considered to be a prescriptive or descriptive account of English

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