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Anglic languages - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (168 words) |
 | The Anglic languages include Old English and its descendants. |
 | Anglic also refers to the two Anglian dialects of Old English namely Northumbrian and Mercian. |
 | Anglic was also a simplified form of spelling intended to make the language more accessible to an international audience. |
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 | It would be quite possible to take the view that the Anglic varieties should be treated according to the existing passive presuppositions, and their study subsumed under other areas such as literature, folklore, descriptive linguistics and local history. |
 | Accordingly, it is necessary to make recommendations for the Anglic varieties on consideration of the practical issues involved in their potential development, the most important consideration being that of literacy. |
 | According to the principle that demarcation of Anglic varieties should be undertaken on the basis of their practical utility in a context of literacy, the following examples illustrate the problems associated with writing both Shetlandic and Doric as standard Scots. |