English Language Glossary 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageA2/A-levelAQA Created by: Megan PengellyCreated on: 11-04-13 16:30 MLU Mean Length Utterance, the average length of words from speech 1 of 27 Prescriptivism The standardisation of language through more rules 2 of 27 Hypernyms/ Hyponyms Broad words (hypernyms) used to explore lexis topic areas of hyponyms 3 of 27 Descriptivism The freedom and de-standardisation of language 4 of 27 Framework Grammar, Phonology, Graphology, Lexis, Semantics, Pragmatics, Orthography, Discourse Structure 5 of 27 Old English 400AD- 1100 AD 6 of 27 Etymology The origin/history of words 7 of 27 Standardisation The process of language becoming more uniform 8 of 27 Diachronic The changing of language over time 9 of 27 Synonym A word with exact or similar meaning to another 10 of 27 Morphology The construction of a word by it's morphemes (e.g. suffix, prefic etc) 11 of 27 IPA International Phonetic Alphabet 12 of 27 Neologism A new word formation 13 of 27 Archaic Language Language which is obselete because of the time 14 of 27 Syntax Sentence structure 15 of 27 Rennaisance A cultural movement 14th-17th century 16 of 27 Phonology The sounds and speech of a word 17 of 27 The Great Vowel Shift 1350-1700 long vowells 18 of 27 Aitchison's 3 Stages Labelling, packaging and network building 19 of 27 Loan Words / Borrowing Words from other languages or cultures eg. pyjamas 20 of 27 (Pre/Post) Telegraphic stage Children can speak very basically. Eg. "Read book!" 21 of 27 Caxton Inventor of the printing press 1473 22 of 27 Orthography The spelling of a word 23 of 27 Obselete Language Language which is over time no longer required or functional 24 of 27 Middle English 12-15thCentury 25 of 27 Modern English 15th century onward 26 of 27 Johnson Author of the first dictionary 27 of 27
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