You are going to read an excerpt from a book on language policy.
Match two halves of the sentences below. There is one extra letter you do not need to use.
The beginnings of the sentences follow the same order as the full sentences in the original excerpt.
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1. The history of the English language is traditionally constructed as
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A a grand narrative.
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2. It provides a myth of national origins as
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B a literary language and as the foundation of a new Anglo-Saxon political awareness presaging the role of English in establishing a future national identity.
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3. It flourished both as
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C a rags-to-riches folk tale in which our hero, the English language, emerges from humble and obscure origins and flowers in Old English times.
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4. Now comes the complication in the story; the point at which the villain appears and disrupts
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D battle – and eventually triumphs over.
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5. In the grand narrative of the history of English, it is French which is positioned as the villain, with whom the English language does
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E competition.
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F the status quo.
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