Attitudes towards Langauge Study

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1. Aitchinsons Crumbling Castle View

  • language is constantly changing to reflect change in society/language is in the hands of the people
  • change to due to laziness and slopiness. lack of manners
  • we catch language change as peer groups are influential but we are conscience of our own choices
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2. Prescriptivism

  • making judgements about the quality/standard of someones language. advocates use of standard english over any other form. critical of langauge change assumes langauge is declining.
  • interested in how and why people use langauge. concerned with varities of english without making judgements. less likely to be critical of change

3. Aitchinsons infectious disease assumption

  • we catch langauge change as peer groups are influential but we are conscience of our own choices
  • change to due to laziness and slopiness. lack of manners
  • language is constantly changing to reflect change in society/language is in the hands of the people

4. Descriptivism

  • interested in how and why people use langauge. concerned with varities of english without making judgements. less likely to be critical of change
  • making judgements about the quality/standard of someones language. advocates use of standard english over any other form. critical of langauge change assumes langauge is declining.

5. Aitchinsons Damp Spoon Syndrome

  • we catch langauge change as peer groups are influential but we are conscience of our own choices
  • change due to laziness & slopiness. lack of manners
  • language is constantly changing to reflect change in society/language is in the hands of the people

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