Early Modern English Flashcards
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Standardising English
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When all dialects I’m English were changed into one ultimately recognisable language
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Internal borrowing
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Taking words from other English speaking countries
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Terminal ‘E’
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The addition of Es to words to replace double vowels
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Morpheme
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Smallest unit of language that expresses meaning
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Free morpheme
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Morphemes that stand alone as words
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Bound morphemes
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Morphemes that cannot stand alone and must be attached to other morphemes
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Metaphorical change
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When words squire new meanings because they begin to be used metaphorically
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Pamphlet
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Privately published by individuals to express their own opinions
