history of English language

Question 1

diachrony

Answer 1

study of linguistic change

Question 2

external change

Answer 2

political/geographical change; any factors from outside the language - political, cultural, economic - call for new words, reason for internal changes

Question 3

internal change

Answer 3

linguistic change in language, grammatical, syntactic, pronunciation

Question 4

culture&language and their connection

Answer 4

C: system of some sorts, set of sth; everything around us - how we speak, dress, our customs, history, societal norms
L: abstract system of systems
Connection: interconnected; L is part of C and vice versa, one cannot function w/o the other

Question 5

linguistic determiners

Answer 5

idea that language shapes thought, some words can have a gender

Question 6

linguistic relativism

Answer 6

idea that differences in L are related to differences in perception of L by users
we can perceive things differently if we have words to describe them

Question 7

variety of English language (factors)

Answer 7

colonization, British Empire, many countries broke off

varieties in Scotland, Wales and Ireland = they have strong identity and want to preserve it