Questão 96767

Língua Inglesa · 2025

Questão

ID 96767

Disciplina: Língua Inglesa

Assunto: Variação Linguística | Language Variation

Ano: 2025 Banca: PORTAL CONCURSOS Órgão: PORTAL CONCURSOS

The Early Modern English period (c. 1500–1800) was crucial for the standardization of the English language. Several forces converged to promote a more uniform written standard. Which of the following factors was the MOST significant catalyst in the process of linguistic standardization during this era?

Alternativa A:
The publication of the King James Bible in 1611, which provided a widely accessible and authoritative religious text.
Alternativa B:
The rise of London as a political, commercial, and cultural center, whose dialect (the Chancery Standard) gained prestige and was adopted for official documents.
Alternativa C:
The introduction of the printing press to England by William Caxton in 1476, which facilitated the mass production and dissemination of texts in a relatively uniform dialect.
Alternativa D:
The efforts of 18th-century prescriptive grammarians, such as Robert Lowth and Lindley Murray, who codified rules of 'correct' usage.

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