My written task will be an op-ed letter by linguist Anne Curzan, a real person. The letter will portray her thoughts on the evolution of language, dictionaries and Standard English. Curzan is a renowned English professor and linguist, giving her a professional and experienced perspective of the questions up for discussion. During her career Curzan has reflected over Standard English and dictionaries role as an English council.
The text will be based on a TED Talk by Curzan, where she talks to the audience about linguistic evolution and dictionaries. I have chosen the format of op-ed, I believe this to be the more fitting format for the content, because of Curzan being an expert within her field. I have created a fictitious situation where there
