Study sets matching "change english"
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Political Correctness (PC)
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
Linguistic Reflection theory
Cameron (1995)
The belief that we shouldn't tolerate the use of language whic…
PC is based on the idea that language shapes thought. If we do…
Our thoughts are reflected in language so if we change languag…
Wrote a book entitled 'Verbal Hygiene' where she stated that P…
Political Correctness (PC)
The belief that we shouldn't tolerate the use of language whic…
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
PC is based on the idea that language shapes thought. If we do…
Coinage
Loan words
Affixes
Prefixes
Creation of new words
Words taken from other languages eg alcohol from Arabic
Prefixes and suffixes added to existing words
Letters added to the beginning of a word to alter its meaning.
Coinage
Creation of new words
Loan words
Words taken from other languages eg alcohol from Arabic
What year did William Caxton bring the…
Who were the inkhorns?
What's coinage?
What is Compounding ?
1476
Inkhorns were deliberately introducing new words into the lang…
The invention of new words or words with new meanings.
Two words joined to create a new meaning
What year did William Caxton bring the…
1476
Who were the inkhorns?
Inkhorns were deliberately introducing new words into the lang…
Suzanne Romaine
Bex (1996)
Sharon Goodman (1996)
Harvey and Shalom
External and Internal history of language:... Internal: Formation…
Generic labels=used to describe texts which have similar langu…
Sharon Goodman talks about two different aspects of language c…
Taboo language.... Taboo language (curse words) has become more a…
Suzanne Romaine
External and Internal history of language:... Internal: Formation…
Bex (1996)
Generic labels=used to describe texts which have similar langu…
Old English - 400 - 1150
Middle English - 1150 - 1450
Early Modern English - 1450 - 1700
Great Vowel Shift - 1400 - 1600 (15th t…
-Anglo-Saxon and Norse... -Interchangeable letters left over from…
Old English with French added... Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
Printing Press - William Caxton - 1476 - standardisation, punc…
Great Vowel Shift - 1400 - 1600 (15th to 17th Century)
Old English - 400 - 1150
-Anglo-Saxon and Norse... -Interchangeable letters left over from…
Middle English - 1150 - 1450
Old English with French added... Chaucer's Canterbury Tales
David Crystal
David Crystal- Indian English
Kachru, 1992- Reasons for the spread of…
Kanidah- Reasons for the spread
Language becomes a global language because of the people that…
British English 'I think it's going to rain'. Indian English '…
First language- from the united kingdom to countries where nat…
Colonisation- These were countries formerly colonised by the B…
David Crystal
Language becomes a global language because of the people that…
David Crystal- Indian English
British English 'I think it's going to rain'. Indian English '…
affixation
amelioration
derived from Old English
broadening
creation of word by adding a prefix or suffix
word's meaning becomes more positive over time
word derived from Anglo Saxon language roots
word's meaning that has got wider over time
affixation
creation of word by adding a prefix or suffix
amelioration
word's meaning becomes more positive over time
Semantic shift
Amelioration
Pejoration
Broadening
How the meaning of words change
The meaning of a word becoming more positive over time
The meaning of a word becoming more negative over time
The meaning of a word becomes broader over time
Semantic shift
How the meaning of words change
Amelioration
The meaning of a word becoming more positive over time
evolve (verb)
immutable (adjective)
inveterate (adjective)
malleable (adjective)
To develop or achieve gradually
Unchangeable; not subject or susceptible to change
Firmly established and having existed for a long time; deep-ro…
Capable of being shaped or formed, as by hammering or pressure…
evolve (verb)
To develop or achieve gradually
immutable (adjective)
Unchangeable; not subject or susceptible to change
William Caxton
Great Vowel Shift
John Cheke
Shakespeare
1476 - brought printing press to Britain
1350-1500 Great change in English pronunication
1514-57 Was against 'inkhorn terms' (words created from Latin…
1564-1616 Created (or recorded) many words for the very first…
William Caxton
1476 - brought printing press to Britain
Great Vowel Shift
1350-1500 Great change in English pronunication
to bring about a change
to call for a change
to cope with a change
to lead to a change
Veränderung herbeiführen
eine Veränderung verlangen/erfordern
Veränderung umgehen
zu Veränderung führen
to bring about a change
Veränderung herbeiführen
to call for a change
eine Veränderung verlangen/erfordern
Political Correctness (PC)
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
Linguistic Reflection theory
Cameron (1995)
The belief that we shouldn't tolerate the use of language whic…
PC is based on the idea that language shapes thought. If we do…
Our thoughts are reflected in language so if we change languag…
Wrote a book entitled 'Verbal Hygiene' where she stated that P…
Political Correctness (PC)
The belief that we shouldn't tolerate the use of language whic…
Sapir-Whorf hypothesis
PC is based on the idea that language shapes thought. If we do…
Broadening
Narrowing
Amelioration
Pejoration
Definition: The meaning of a word broadens so that it retains…
Definition: The opposite of broadening, a word becomes more sp…
Definition: A word acquires a more pleasant and more positive…
Definition: The opposite of amelioration, a word acquires a le…
Broadening
Definition: The meaning of a word broadens so that it retains…
Narrowing
Definition: The opposite of broadening, a word becomes more sp…
Reasons for language change
Prescriptivism
Descriptivism
Convergence/Divergence
Technology (Internet)... Foreign influences (American film/change…
dictate how language should be used and want language to remai…
Accept language change is inevitable and accept change
Conform to more dialectical lexis to fit in or show separation…
Reasons for language change
Technology (Internet)... Foreign influences (American film/change…
Prescriptivism
dictate how language should be used and want language to remai…
Coinage
Borrowing
Compounding
Clipping
The deliberate creation of a new word. E.g. muggle
Borrowing of words/concepts from other languages. E.g. croissa…
Words are combined together to form new words. E.g. manbag, co…
Words are shortened and the shortened form becomes the norm. E…
Coinage
The deliberate creation of a new word. E.g. muggle
Borrowing
Borrowing of words/concepts from other languages. E.g. croissa…
adapt
adjust
alternate
alternative
to change your ideas or behaviour so that you can deal with a…
to change something slightly in order to make it better, more…
if one thing alternates with another, it happens after it and…
something that you can choose instead of something else
adapt
to change your ideas or behaviour so that you can deal with a…
adjust
to change something slightly in order to make it better, more…
Standardisation
Prescriptivism
Assimilation
Informalisation
Part of SPAID, started in the 1700's as more people were educa…
Part of SPAID, attitude to language that says things should st…
Part of SPAID, linked with phonological change and the way lex…
Part of SPAID, shows the formality of the text and this formal…
Standardisation
Part of SPAID, started in the 1700's as more people were educa…
Prescriptivism
Part of SPAID, attitude to language that says things should st…
Acronym
Affix
Archaism
Assimilation
A lexicalised word made up from initial letters (sounded as a…
Additing morphemes to the front or back of existing words ... e…
Old word or phrase no longer in general use
One sound affects other sounds close by e.g 'don't you' - ... e…
Acronym
A lexicalised word made up from initial letters (sounded as a…
Affix
Additing morphemes to the front or back of existing words ... e…
449 AD
597 AD
787 AD
886 AD
Old English - Invasion by Angles, Saxons and Jutes brought Ger…
Old English - Christianity brought to Britain creating a Latin…
Old English - Viking raids begin bringing the Nordic languages.
Old English - Danelaw boundaries created generating accent dif…
449 AD
Old English - Invasion by Angles, Saxons and Jutes brought Ger…
597 AD
Old English - Christianity brought to Britain creating a Latin…
Acronym
Affix
Archaism
Assimilation
A word made up from initial letters sounded as a word e.g. RAD…
Adding morphemes to the front or back of existing words e.g. u…
Old word or phrase no longer in general use
One sound affects other sounds close by
Acronym
A word made up from initial letters sounded as a word e.g. RAD…
Affix
Adding morphemes to the front or back of existing words e.g. u…