Jean Aitchison Part 9

Fears about the loss of the ‘proper’ meaning of a word can be traced back to … (p. 120)

	Thucydides in the 5th century BC
	Florence and the Academia della Crusca in the 16th century AD
	Samuel Pepys´s writings in the 17th century AD
	the Purist movement in England in the 18th century AD

Verbs are … (p.125)

	generally polysemous, nouns generally aren´t.
	more polysemous than nouns
	less polysemous than nouns
	as polysemous as nouns

From a linguistic point of view, … are ´very good´ birds (p. 126

	canaries and doves
	penguins
	owls and ducks
	robins and blackbirds