Grammatical change Flashcards
1
Q
Word order?
A
Syntax (SVO) is now much more important to language
2
Q
What is morphology?
A
The study of words, how they are formed and their relationship to other words in same language.
3
Q
What does morphology analyse?
A
Structure of words and parts of words eg. stems, root words, prefixes and suffixes
4
Q
Pronouns
A
Old: Thee, thou, thine
New: I, you, we etc.
5
Q
Negatives
A
Double negatives were used for emphasis, now incorrect