AO2
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- Created on: 07-11-17 12:22
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- AO2
- Standardisation
- Prescriptivism
- 'dictate how a language should be used.'
- Rejects slang, or any non-standard form.
- Where standard forms are seen as good, and draws its model of English from dictionaries.
- Resists against language change, and any changes are seen as the 'decay' of language.
- 'dictate how a language should be used.'
- Descriptivism
- Accepts language change is inevitable.
- Uses both non standard and standard English.
- Recognises importance of standard form but is willing to accept variations.
- Draws its model of language from the way other people use it and the contexts in which people use the language.
- Prescriptivism
- Informalisation
- Adds a more personal tone to the language used.
- Lead to the increased use of slang.
- Includes varied use of graphology.
- Also adds a colloquial tone.
- However, slang has existed for a long time anyway as it first appeared in the dictionary in the 16th century.
- Reasons for Language Change
- Attitudes & Ideas to Language Change
- Disintegration
- The idea that English language will disintegrate over time, into a large collection of separate dialects.
- Example: In a few years time, British and American people would be unable to understand each other.
- The idea that English language will disintegrate over time, into a large collection of separate dialects.
- Uniformity
- The idea that a world standard English is emerging with the increased use of media and the greater influence of communication.
- Disintegration
- Technology
- Internet - new lexis
- Society
- Cultural change and shifts in attitude
- Science
- New inventions and discoveries require new lexis
- Individuals
- e.g. Chaucer & Shakespeare
- Attitudes & Ideas to Language Change
- AQA: 'Demonstrate critical understanding of concepts and issues relevant to language issue.'
- Worth 16 marks.
- Testing the theories and concepts studied in the course.
- Getting high marks means being selective in the theories and theorists you discuss in the response.
- Your own observations may also be just as valid as that of theorists.
- AQA: 'Demonstrate critical understanding of concepts and issues relevant to language issue.'
- Worth 16 marks.
- Testing the theories and concepts studied in the course.
- Getting high marks means being selective in the theories and theorists you discuss in the response.
- Your own observations may also be just as valid as that of theorists.
- Your own observations may also be just as valid as that of theorists.
- AQA: 'Demonstrate critical understanding of concepts and issues relevant to language issue.'
- Your own observations may also be just as valid as that of theorists.
- Standardisation
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