Key elements of language change
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- Key Elements of Language change
- Morphology
- free and bound morphemes
- inflections
- plurals
- tenses
- pronouns
- suffixes and prefixes
- derivation
- root
- Orthography
- s/long s/sh
- u/v
- i/j/y
- final e
- capitalisation
- double consonant at the end
- Graphology
- handwriting
- italics? bold?
- fonts
- pictures
- visual elements
- punctuation
- Lexis
- etymology
- level of formality
- register
- derivation
- neologisms
- acronym
- jargon
- slang
- abbreviation
- archaic/ obsolete lexis
- Semantics
- semantic change
- pejoration/amelioration
- widening/narrowing
- blends
- shifts
- composites
- shortenings
- loans
- connonations
- metaphor
- hyponym, hypernym
- anonyms, synonyms
- semantic change
- Pragmatics
- stress and intonation
- contextual or inferred meaning
- idioms
- convergence, divergence
- created for aesthetic effect? (eg: novels, poems)
- irony
- politeness
- hidden attitudes
- Syntax
- complexity
- number of clauses
- word order
- phrase, clause, sentence
- interrogative, imperative, negative
- double negatives
- complexity
- Morphology
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