The division of English language into the periods of Old English, Middle English and Modem English is nonconventional and not arbitrary.

What are the four maxims under the cooperative principle? And illustrate with one example how the violation of the maxim of quality gives rise to conversational implicature.

Which enjoys priority in modern linguistics, speech or writing? Why?

language acquisition

interpersonal communication

constatives

language planning

cognate

stylistic synonyms

morphology

finite clause