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1
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Neologism

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New words

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Archaic language

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Words that have fallen out of use

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Borrowing

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Word taken from another language

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Scientific process

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Medicine, science and technology’s effect on language

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5
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Affixation

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New prefixes and suffixes added onto words

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Compounding

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When a new word is created by two old words combined

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7
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Blending

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Two separate words merged together

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8
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Clipping

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When a word drops certain syllables to creat a abbreviation (u)

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9
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Initialism

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First letter starts for a word

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10
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Acronym

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Initial letters are said like a word eg NASA

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11
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Amelioration

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A word develops a positive meaning over time

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12
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Pejoration

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Word develops a negative meaning over time

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13
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Great vowel shift

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1700-1900 the long vowel sounds in words became shorter- easier to articulate

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14
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External change

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Outside influences on language

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15
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Internal change

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Makes the language easier and more simple

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16
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Caxton printing press

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1476, led the standardisation process

17
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Where did language standardise from

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East Midland dialect

18
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Old English

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450-1100 AD germania tribes

19
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Middle English

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1100-1500 AD

20
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1476

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William Caxton establishes first printing press

21
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Early modern English

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1500-1800

22
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Samuel Johnson

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A dictionary of the English language published in 1755

23
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Late modern English

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1800- now

24
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Effect of the expansion of the British empire

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Led to words being borrowed from other countries 1780-1810

25
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Archaisms

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Words that have became obsolete

26
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Semantic change

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Words that have been around for a long time so they change their meaning

27
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Amelioration

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Word develops positive meaning

28
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Pejoration

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Develops negative meaning

29
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How have nouns changed

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Used to be capitalised more frequently until 18th century

30
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THE LONG S

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Deemed unnecessary in the 1800

31
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Omission

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Sounds gradually lost in order to make pronunciation easier

32
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Dennis freeborn

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Incorrectness view-only standardised English is correct
Ugliness view- some accents are bad
Imprecisness view- some accents are lazy

33
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Jean Aitchinson

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Crumbling Castle view- it should be preserved but not unchangeable
Damp spoon syndrome- language changes because people are lazy
Infectious disease assumption- people pick up bad language inorder to fit in social groups

34
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David crystals opinion on language change

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Descriptavist
Technology added new dimension
Spellings are made by the people( online dictionary)

35
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Peter trudgills view on language change

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It’s a positive thing
Descriptivist
Changes don’t cause confusing because the new meaning is more common than the old so many understand it

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