Language change key terms 0.0 / 5 ? English Languagelanguage changeA2/A-levelAQA Created by: JasminOakleyCreated on: 23-03-16 12:55 the status a speaker gains from using the most official and standard form of language overt prestige 1 of 8 the status a speaker gains when they choose not to adopt a standard dialect covert prestige 2 of 8 an old word or phrase no longer in general spoken or written use archaism 3 of 8 the linking of two graphemes once common practise in printing but now becoming less common ligature 4 of 8 the vocabulary of a language lexicon 5 of 8 where certain written genres have resulted in compressed styles of writing economisation 6 of 8 refers to the study of historical language change occuring over a span of time diachronic change 7 of 8 refers to an approach that stuidies language at a theoretical point in time without considering the social context synchronic change 8 of 8
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