English language theorists (AO2)
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- Language Change Theorists
- David Crystal
- Technology (social media) has added a new dimension to language.
- Descriptivist
- Technology is NOT the dumming down of language.
- You have to understand words before you are able to abbreviate
- Only most literate are able to manipulate language in this way.
- Spelling are made by people.
- Dictionaries reflect popular choices
- Global spread of English Language
- Chinese could overthrow English
- James Milroy
- Golden Age
- He argues there never has been or will be a Golden Age of English Language
- Because language changes
- Where spoken & written language was perfect
- Possibly between 1940-1965
- Education act 1944
- Children learn to read & write at school NOT to speak.
- Milroy says that rote learning is NOT the best way to grasp language.
- Education act 1944
- 1755 Standardisation (Johnson Dictionary)
- He argues there never has been or will be a Golden Age of English Language
- Descriptivist
- Golden Age
- Jean Aitchinson
- Talks about people's views NOT descriptivist or prescriptivist
- 3 Possibilities of language change
- Slow decay
- Damp spoon syndrome = language is lazy
- Crumbling castle view = language is falling apart
- Infectious disease assumption = language spreads
- Slowly evolving to a more efficient state
- Language can neither progress or decay
- Slow decay
- External Sociological factors
- Fashion
- How fashionable it is to use language
- Foreign influence
- Social need
- Fashion
- Internal Psycholingusitic factors
- All language is geared towards younger users
- Gap between language & technology
- Peter Trudgill
- Descriptivist
- Positive language change
- Changes in meaning do not cause confusion
- Because newer version of the word has become much more commonly used than older version therefore there is no confusion.
- Prescriptive Attitude
- Language has devolved
- Because of the rise of technology
- Language has become less standard therefore less powerful
- We don't know how to punctuaute anymore - rote learning.
- Learning for exams rather than enjoyment
- Intelligence divide
- Language has devolved
- David Crystal
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