Language Change key definitions 3.0 / 5 based on 1 rating ? English LanguageInvestigating languageA2/A-levelAQA Created by: daisy merrionCreated on: 19-06-15 00:13 borrowing The loaning or borrowing of a word from another language- largely influenced by globalisation 1 of 17 Affixation When a prefix or a suffix is added to a word to exaggerate the meaning e.g 'hypa' 2 of 17 Neologism New word 3 of 17 Amelioration When a word undergoes positive semantic change 4 of 17 Pejoration When a word undergoes negative semantic change 5 of 17 Idiom A phrase that doesn't make sense if you take it for its literal meaning e.g. 'raining cats & dogs' 6 of 17 Auxiliary Verbs 'Do' or 'done'- used in later modern english (1700 hundreds onwards) 7 of 17 Syntax Sentence structure- was more complex in early modern english (1500-1700) 8 of 17 Contraction When two words are combined. Has gone in and out of fashion ('t'was' is now archaic 9 of 17 Jonathan Swift Prescriptivist- complained contractions were 'corrupting' the english language 10 of 17 Phonology Study of sound 11 of 17 Great Vowel Shift 1400-1600 12 of 17 intonation patterns the pitch of speech i.e common intonation pattern is 'up talk' when a statement sounds like a question 13 of 17 Robert Loweth Prescriptivist- Wrote 'A short introduction to english grammar" 14 of 17 International Language influences 8th-11th century- Scandinavian/French. 16th/17th-Latin/Greek. 18th-19th-Hindi. 20th-various 15 of 17 David Crystal Descriptivist- believed language change is nether a process or decay, as it happens in different ways 16 of 17 Cameron Argues that prescriptivism shows that language is an important social tool- although a descriptivist 17 of 17
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