A2 English Language Change theorists

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1. Aitchison external sociological factors - social needs

  • How fashionable it is to use language and foreign influence
  • All language geared towards younger users and more simplified
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2. James Milroy

  • Central
  • Descriptivist
  • Prescriptivist

3. Lakoff

  • Language in women is weaker and men are more direct
  • Men seek reassurance and women are more inferior to men

4. Peter Trudgill changes in meaning do not cause confusion

  • Comfortable with language change
  • Newer versions of the word have become more commonly used than the older word
  • We are now used to changes in language and do not question it

5. Leech's politeness stratergies

  • Tact, modesty, agreement
  • Hedging, fillers, tone of voice
  • Indirect, quiet, unimportant
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