English Language Key Words and Ideas Lecture 2-4 0.0 / 5 ? PhilosophyPolitical PhilosophyUniversityNone Created by: Olivia Grace MatthewsCreated on: 23-05-16 21:17 Great Vowel Shift Change in phonological system. All longs vowels moved up = highest became diphthongs 1 of 14 Lenition Weakening of consonants. Liverpool English 'it' pronounced with 'h' not 't'. 2 of 14 Converging Change in linguistic patterns of language. 3 of 14 HappY Tensing Pronouncing /ɪ/ as [iː]. 4 of 14 Velar Nasal Consonantal sound of 'ng' 5 of 14 H-dropping Deletion of voiceless glottal fricative. 'h' 6 of 14 Diffusion Variant spreads by diffusing from an influential area outwards 7 of 14 Right Dislocation Repeat of the subject (He, I) at the end for emphasis 8 of 14 Archaic Pronouns 'thee/thou' eg. Yorkshire 9 of 14 Secondary Contraction of negatives 'Didn't' - 'dint' eg. Yorkshire 10 of 14 Jargon Technical Vocabulary used in specialist context eg. tools 11 of 14 Colloquialisms Like slang eg. lass, bloke, lass, chuck 12 of 14 Lexical Attrition Losing bits of language eg. bairn 13 of 14 Lexical Innovation Lots of different words appear eg. 34 words for throw 14 of 14
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