Kahoot language change Flashcards
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1
Q
When did prescriptivism first become popular?
A
18th century
2
Q
What is Halliday’s Functional Theory?
A
Language can be used to change society
3
Q
What kind of word is not?
A
A displaced negator
4
Q
What kind of word is wasn’t?
A
An eclictic contraction
5
Q
Who made the S-Curve theory?
A
Chen
6
Q
What is the substratum theory?
A
Someone learns a language with imperfections and passes it down generations
7
Q
How many makes for an evaluative essay?
A
30
8
Q
What wa something Jean Atchison proposed?
A
Lexical Gap
9
Q
What is the word for a word’s meaning becoming more positive over time?
A
Amelioration
10
Q
What could be a cause for standardisation?
A
Technology
