Common Discourses on the topic of Language Decline Flashcards
What are discourses?
Whole texts on a subject
How many discourse forms are there in looking at the decline of English Language?
7
Name all of the common discourses for decline of language
Correctness Morality Decline Infection and Disease Invasion Pollution Conflict
What is discussed in Correctness language discourses?
Language is seen as being correct or incorrect
What is discussed in Morality language discourse?
Language seen as good or bad and it’s users as good or bad people
What is discussed in the Conflict language discourse?
Arguments with two sides of language opposing each other
What is discussed in the Decline discourse?
Language is represented as something that had a peak but is getting worse
What is discussed in the Pollution discourse?
Language represented as pure but at risk of being changed for the worse
What is discussed in the Infection and Disease discourse?
Change is seen as a threat to language quality
What is usually discussed in the Invasion discourse?
Language is seen to be badly changed by outside forces
What criticisms can you bring up in the Decline discourse?
Jean Aitchisons Crumbling Castle theory
What criticism can you bring up in the Infection and Disease discourse)
Jean Aitchisons Infectious disease assumption
What criticism can you bring up in the Invasion discourse?
Language globally has changed due to invasions for millennia
What criticism can you bring up for the Correctness discourse?
People who speak variations of language may do so due to region or culture
What criticism can you bring up with a morality discourse?
People who use “bad” language may just speak in that way as its efficient
