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  • Language Change Overtime
    • Grammar
      • 2nd p. singular pronoun
        • you -> today
        • thee, thou, thy, thine -> 1400-1700 EME
      • 2nd p. plural pronoun
        • you (p) -> today
        • ye -> 1400-1700 EME
          • Also FORMAL sing. 'you'
      • 2nd p. singular
        • present tense inflection
          • EST (eg thou goEST
      • 3rd p. singular
        • Present tense inf.
          • ETH (eg he likETH)
      • Negative Declaratives
        • subject - I, verb - eat, adverb - not, obj - fish
      • Double negation
        • I cannot go NO further
        • Negative imperatives
          • BE NOT AMAZED
          • STAND YOU NOT
      • Auxiliary operator
        • 'do' - increasingly common
        • post modification
          • 'eyen' not 'eyes today
    • Orthography
      • u/v
        • v @ start of words, u elsewhere
        • inter-changable
      • y/i
        • varied with discoveries
      • j/i
        • j was an extended form of I
        • Eg Iesus
      • s/?
        • 's' @ beginning/ end
        • ? in medial position of words
      • silent e
        • to make a long vowel in preceeding syllable
    • Orthographic change
      • loss of ?
      • Standardised spelling rules
        • Dictionaries, schooling and mass education
        • Exceptions - writing in an accent, writing slang, text speech
      • loss in final e
    • Punctuation
      • pre 1500
        • Uppercase letter
          • all nouns, beginning of sentences
      • post 1500
        • punctuation marks
          • . =,
      • pre 1700
        • Language Change Overtime
          • Grammar
            • 2nd p. singular pronoun
              • you -> today
              • thee, thou, thy, thine -> 1400-1700 EME
            • 2nd p. plural pronoun
              • you (p) -> today
              • ye -> 1400-1700 EME
                • Also FORMAL sing. 'you'
            • 2nd p. singular
              • present tense inflection
                • EST (eg thou goEST
            • 3rd p. singular
              • Present tense inf.
                • ETH (eg he likETH)
            • Negative Declaratives
              • subject - I, verb - eat, adverb - not, obj - fish
            • Double negation
              • I cannot go NO further
              • Negative imperatives
                • BE NOT AMAZED
                • STAND YOU NOT
            • Auxiliary operator
              • 'do' - increasingly common
              • post modification
                • 'eyen' not 'eyes today
          • Orthography
            • u/v
              • v @ start of words, u elsewhere
              • inter-changable
            • y/i
              • varied with discoveries
            • j/i
              • j was an extended form of I
              • Eg Iesus
            • s/?
              • 's' @ beginning/ end
              • ? in medial position of words
            • silent e
              • to make a long vowel in preceeding syllable
          • Orthographic change
            • loss of ?
            • Standardised spelling rules
              • Dictionaries, schooling and mass education
              • Exceptions - writing in an accent, writing slang, text speech
            • loss in final e
          • Punctuation
            • pre 1500
              • Uppercase letter
                • all nouns, beginning of sentences
            • post 1500
              • punctuation marks
                • . =,
            • pre 1700
              • uppercase letters
                • / is a virgule = . or ,
          • Views/ theories
            • crumbling case tview
              • language was once perfect but deteriorates
            • prescriptivist
              • language should   have a set of rules & not be derived from
            • descriptivist
              • looks at how/why language changes & believes this to be the natural course
        • uppercase letters
          • / is a virgule = . or ,
    • Views/ theories
      • crumbling case tview
        • language was once perfect but deteriorates
      • prescriptivist
        • language should   have a set of rules & not be derived from
      • descriptivist
        • looks at how/why language changes & believes this to be the natural course

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