Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University, LA1 4YT, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1524 593045 Fax: +44 (0) 1524 843085 E-mail: linguistics@lancaster.ac.uk


A Level English Language Website

Questions and Answers

Focus on English

Where does English come from? Answer
Which is the most popular language in the world? Answer

Bad Language?

Do people speak less correctly now than they used to?Answer
Why do people swear and should we stop them? Answer
Why do people use slang, and how are slang terms created?Answer

Words, Words, Words

What is the difference between a phoneme and a morpheme? Answer
What is a word?Answer

Learning to Talk

What is the easiest language to learn? Answer
If children try to learn two languages simultaneously, will this mean that they don’t learn either language properly? Answer
What is the best way to learn a language? Answer

Dialectology

What is the difference between a language and a dialect? Answer
I am not clear on the development from a pidgin to a creole. Do all pidgins become creoles? Answer

 

 

Department of Linguistics and English Language, Lancaster University, LA1 4YT, United Kingdom
Tel: +44 (0) 1524 593045 Fax: +44 (0) 1524 843085 E-mail: linguistics@lancaster.ac.uk