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Semantic Shift

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Meaning of words change
(Same word)

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Lexical Shift

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Word itself changes (orthographically)

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Archaic

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Obsolete

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Compounding

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Creating words by joining existing words which together have the meaning of the newly coined word
E.g. Teamwork

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Affixation

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Creating new words by adding morphemes onto them
E.g. run + ing = running

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Romance Langauges

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Languages which focus on recreation
Culture / Cuisine / Fashion / Arts / Religion
Latin derived: French / Spanish / Italian / Portuguese

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Germanic Languages

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Languages which focus on function
Things needed to survive: building / town / house
German derived: Anglo-Saxon / Old Norse / Scandinavian languages

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Closed-class words

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Purely grammatical purpose
(Add no true meaning)

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Open-class words

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Add to meaning / context
(Don’t typically add grammatical meaning)

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Split-infinitive

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Infinitive marker ‘to’ + adverb + verb
Latin derived
[Traditional English grammar doesn’t allow this]
E.g. to quickly run

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Diachronic change

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Change within a singular time period

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Synchronic Change

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Change over multiple time periods

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Etymological Change: Orthographic Change (5)

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Change in spelling
Letter interchange / inflected e / phonetic spelling / double or single consonants / prefixes

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Etymological Change: Grammatical Change (13)

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Change in grammar
Verb endings / pronouns / syntax / definite & indefinite articles / omission of auxiliary verbs / sentence types / symbols / parenthesis / speech marks / elision / apostrophes / capitalisation

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Definite Article

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Used before a noun to indicate the identity of the noun
(THE)

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Indefinite Article

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Used before a noun that’s general or when the identity is unknown
(A / AN)

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Elision

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The omission of sounds / syllables / words in speech
- Makes language easier to say & faster
E.g. ‘I don’t know’ -> ‘/I duno/’

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Tenor: Personal texts

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No requirement for standardised writing
- Writer will not be judged on spelling
Letters / diaries / journals
(PERSONAL PREFERENCE USED)
[consistent non-standard spelling]

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Etymological Change: Semantic Change

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Change in meaning

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Etymological Change: Syntactic Change

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Change in word order
my dog -> dog min

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Etymological Change: Phonological Change

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Change in phonology (sound / pronunciation)

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Morphology: Agent Nouns

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A noun created from derivational morphology
[the addition of suffix ‘er’ ‘ar’ ‘or’ onto words]
GERMANIC: ‘er’ / ‘ar’ - teahcer
FRENCH: ‘or’ - pastor

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Morphology: 12 Word Formation Processes

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Affixation
Clipping
Neologisms
Blending
Compounding
Conversion
Acronym
Initialism
Broadening
Narrowing
Amelioration
Pejoration

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Clipping

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Shortening a word to just a free morpheme
- Swagger > swag

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Blending

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Joining morphemes / syllables from an existing word to form a new one
[2 bound morphemes / 1 free & 1 bound morpheme]
- Amazeballs

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Conversion (word formation)

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Creating a new word by using an existing word for a different purpose
- Hoover = brand name / Hoover = verb

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Acronym

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When abbreviations create words
[acronym is pronounced as a word]
NASA / LASER

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Initialism

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Pronouncing the initials of abbreviations to form words
BBC / WJEC

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Broadening

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When words take on an additional meaning but still retains a part of their old meaning
Holiday = Holy Day

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Narrowing

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When a word gains a more specific meaning over time
OE: mete (meat) = food / now refers to food from an animal

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Amelioration

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When a word acquires a more positive meaning over time
[pretty used to mean sly / cunning]

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Pejoration

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When a word acquires a more negative meaning over time
[villain used to mean peasant]

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Elision

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The omission of sounds / syllables / words in speech
E.g. I don’t know < I duno

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Idiosyncratic Lexis

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Inconsistent spelling by one writer

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Minimal Pair

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Same phonological outcome

36
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Loaded Lexis

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Passionate language
- Language used to reflect emotions / opinions / biases

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Morphological Patterns

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An inflection which always changes meaning in the same way
E.g. word class suffixes (‘ence’ = noun)

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Patterns in suffixes

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Verb - ed / s / ing
Adverb - ly
Noun ian
Adjective al

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Inverted Syntax

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Syntactic pattern has become inverted (swapped)
- ‘loves not’ = ‘does not love’

English U3 WJEC (13 decks)

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