A2 English Language- LANGUAGE CHANGE TERMINOLOGY. 5.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? English Languagelanguage changeA2/A-levelWJEC Created by: shannonlouisaCreated on: 19-04-16 13:35 Amelioration When a word develops a more positive meaning over time. 1 of 34 Archaism Old fashioned word that isn't used in the present day. 2 of 34 Blending Two words that are combined together to make a new word. i.e nylon. 3 of 34 Borrowing When a word from one language falls into another. 4 of 34 Broadening When a word that has a specific meaning becomes more broad over time. 5 of 34 Clipping When the shortened version of a word becomes a word itself. i.e telephone-> phone. 6 of 34 Coining creation of a new word. 7 of 34 Compound a new word created by combining two together i.e sky-scrapper. 8 of 34 Ellison letters missed out of the word. 9 of 34 Ellipsis words missing out of a sentence. 10 of 34 Initalism i.e FBI and CD 11 of 34 Load words words taken from other languages. 12 of 34 Marked Term a word that refers to a persons gender i.e postman, mistress. 13 of 34 Middle English spoken from 1150AD to late 15th century. 14 of 34 Narrowing when the meaning of a word becomes more specific over time. 15 of 34 Neologisms New words that enter a language, i.e selfie. 16 of 34 Pejoration words that develop a negative meaning over time. 17 of 34 Orthographical change. change in the spelling of a word. 18 of 34 Old English 450AD-1150AD 19 of 34 Capitalisation Capitalisation of words that don't require a capital letter. 20 of 34 Inflections left behind from old english. i.e "soe kinde" - "e" is the inflection 21 of 34 Morpheme using the proclitic "t" in the phrase "twas"- standardised spelling. 22 of 34 Early modern english 1450-1700 23 of 34 Formulation removing an affix 24 of 34 blowest second person singular present tense archaic verb inflection. 25 of 34 printing press 1476 26 of 34 Mixed-Mode Features of printed text combined with features expressed in conversation 27 of 34 political correctness words or phrases used to replace those that are considered offensive 28 of 34 Obsolete no longer maintaining a use. 29 of 34 idiom expression of language that can't be understood in the individual meanings. 30 of 34 Subjunctive gramatical mood. 31 of 34 descriptivism an attitude to language use that seeks to describe it without making judgements 32 of 34 prescriptivism an attitude to language use that makes judgements about what is right and wrong. Holds language up to an ideal standard that should be maintained. 33 of 34 colloquialisation where wrting uses language more typically seen in spoken language 34 of 34
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