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Card 6
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refers to the creation of words that are completely new
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Card 7
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informal speech, often to the point of being racy, rebellious and subversive
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Card 8
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A group of wrods that usually go together, e.g. 'heavy rain'
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Card 9
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A particular kind of shortening in which a word of one type is shortened to form a word of another type, e.g. 'edit' from 'editor'
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Card 10
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words borrowed from other languages
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Card 11
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When people's accents converge it is known as...
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Card 12
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When people's accents diverge it is known as...
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Card 13
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accents that originated in London and the South East, which have now spread outwards to several other parts of the country
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Card 14
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An approach to the study of language that favours the rules identifying correct and incorrect language use
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Card 15
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An approach to the study of language that describes how language is used by does not judge language as correct or incorrect
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