Key elements of language change

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  • Created on: 06-10-20 07:13
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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
    • 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

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