These are a polite way of describing something unpleasant
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What are idioms?
These are formed as existing words but assume new meanings due to the semantics of them; 'in the dog house' 'over the moon'
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What is pejorations?
This is the opposite of amelioration and is when a words original meaning becomes less favourable. Example: 'awful'
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What is amelioration?
This is when a word has taken on a more pleasant view from what it originally had. For example; 'wicked' 'pretty'
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Where have some English words come from?
They have come from EWnglish being a germanic language, some words can be latinate (law, science), Samuel Johnson's dictionary in 1755, french influence, contempory language change (slang)
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What is Labov's idea about language change?
Thinks that we subconsciously change our language to identify ourselves with one group of people
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What are Jean Aitchison's parodies of prescriptivism?
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