language change 4
- Created by: Joshua Jackson
- Created on: 12-04-14 11:33
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- Language Change 4
- Old and Early modern English 400-1700
- Lack of punctuation
- Longer complex and compound sentences
- Archaisims
- word that are no longer used in modern english
- inflection letters are added to the end of words E.G. e, a en and ly
- used to make words plural, adjectives or change tense
- Unusual spelling
- phonetic or devant spelling
- apostrophe s replacing the letter e
- repaeated conjunctions
- invented sentences
- capitalization
- proper nouns
- abstract and common nouns for emphasis on word
- Lack of punctuation
- Early modern English 1500- 1700
- William Caxton invented the first printing press 1476
- Standardisation of lexis
- mass producing of some texts meant word spelling and pronunciation was the same
- Shakespeare- 1550
- Introduced 3000 words to english language
- introduced the hyphen - to link words together
- Early modern english had polite forms
- second person pronoun you was used to address strangers or superiors
- also affected possessive form E.G. thine - yours thy - your
- tere was familiar form E.G. thou hast, art, dost
- Familiar form also added the use of inflexions E.G haST doST (do)
- William Caxton invented the first printing press 1476
- Late Modern English 1700 - present day
- Standardised spelling
- neologisms
- Newly coined term
- Borrowings
- Samuel Johnston 1755
- published first dictionary
- contained definitions and examples of every word in the english language
- published first dictionary
- More literacy devices
- increased and more varied pronunciation
- semantic change
- New words and why they are fomed
- Nelogisms
- a new word
- Loan/borrowed words
- Acronyms
- derivations from ancient languages
- Imperialisation
- invasion and the borrowing of words from other cultures
- inventors of new words Shakespeare
- Compounds / blends
- Slang/colloquialisms because of modern expressions
- Internet and technology
- Nelogisms
- English from 1700
- 1476: william caxton- first printing press
- important step for standardisation
- words that were spelt differently due to dialect+personal choice needed to b standardised
- English became standised but certain amount still had variation
- words that were spelt differently due to dialect+personal choice needed to b standardised
- important step for standardisation
- 20th century- improved communication - radio and film
- new english accents + inventions
- Phone made comminication easier
- Mobility inventions of railway and cars
- travel more = more dialects
- new english accents + inventions
- Prescriptivists attitude towards language asums set of correct linguistic rules english should follow
- 18th century- state of language became concerning for some writers
- english wasn't governed by strict set of rules---- so was decaying
- 1755 samuel johnston dictionary of english language very popular
- Standised word spelling and meaning
- 1755 samuel johnston dictionary of english language very popular
- english wasn't governed by strict set of rules---- so was decaying
- 1476: william caxton- first printing press
- 19th 20th & contemporaryEnglish
- More system communication then written affecting sentence structure + abbreviations
- more mobile population changed dialects and accents
- cheaper newspapers expended vocals
- increased literacy meant people used a wider range of vocals
- technical and local changes introduced new words E.G. factory
- foreign travel introduced more borrowings
- Radio and television affected bath written & spoken language
- emails and text resulted in shortening vocab and introduced phonetic spelling
- New technology is biggest influences
- Old and Early modern English 400-1700
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