Language change 0.0 / 5 ? English LanguageChangeA2/A-levelAQA Created by: sarahCreated on: 03-04-15 11:54 standardisation making all variations of language conform to the standard language 1 of 19 diachronic change refers to the study of historical language change occuring over a span of time 2 of 19 borrowing introduction of a word from one language to another 3 of 19 eponym the name of a person after whom something is named e.g Sandwich 4 of 19 proprietary name name given to a product by one organisatio becomes the commonly used name for the same product e.g Tampax, Hoover 5 of 19 Acronym lexicalised word made up from the initial letters of a phrase eg. RADAR 6 of 19 Initialism a word made from initial letters, each being pronounced eg. CD 7 of 19 Clipping new word produced by shortening an existing one eg. Edit from editor 8 of 19 Prefixes adition of a bound morpheme o the beginning of a root word e.g mega/uber 9 of 19 suffixes addition of a bound morpheme to the end of a root word eg. (radical)ising 10 of 19 conversion a word changes its word class without adding a suffix eg. text (noun and verb) 11 of 19 compound combining of separate words to crete a new word, sometimes using a hyphe to link them eg. man flu 12 of 19 blend two wods fusing to make a new one e.g smog (smoke and fog) 13 of 19 weakening a word loses the strength of its original meaning 14 of 19 narrowing word becomes more specific i its meaning 15 of 19 broadening a word keeps its orginal meaning but acquires others 16 of 19 the incorrectness view David Freeborn- all accents are incorrect compared to RP 17 of 19 the uglinesss view Dennis Freeborn- some accents don't sound nice- linked to stereotypes and negative social connatations 18 of 19 the impreciseness view Dennis Freeborn- some accents are described as lazy- the glottal stop argues that some sound changes are logical and governed by linguistic views 19 of 19
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