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Language Change Flashcards

1
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Language change

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  • is inevitable
  • rarely systematic
    -occurs all the time
  • words leaving, and entering
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What does language change reflect

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social change

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Lexical change processes

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  • word loss
  • word formation
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4
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Word loss

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  • obsolescence
  • archaism
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Obsolescence

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gradual loss of lexical items from the lg

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Obsolescence example

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mouldwarp

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7
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Archaism

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word that still has some current use but connotes old-fashioned lg

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Archaism examples

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hark

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9
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Word formation processes (lexical change)

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  • borrowings
  • neologisms
  • communisation
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Borrowings

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process of adopting linguistic features from other lgs

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Does foreign words have more or less presitge than english words

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more

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Borrowings examples

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cappuccino (italian)

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Neologisms

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creation of a newly coined word from scratch or from pre-existing words

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Neologism examples

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selfie

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Commonisation

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propor nouns (names) enter the lg as new words (common nouns)

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16
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Commonisation examples

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  • bandaid
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17
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what are semantic changes due to?

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  • social change and attitudes
  • taboo and insults
  • morphological misinterpretation
  • prestige + status
  • cultural importance
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18
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Taboo meaning

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socially sensitive topics e.g. race, gender

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19
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denotation

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literal meaning, codified

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Connotation

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associated meaning

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21
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Etymology

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study of orign and history of words

22
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Denotation processes

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  • broadening
  • narrowing
  • shifting
23
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broadening

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semantic boundaries of a word are widened

24
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Broadening example

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barn - just for barley to all crops and animals

25
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narrowing

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semantic boundaries of a word narrow

26
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Narrowing examples

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starve - die of anything vs. to die of hunger

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Shifting

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sematic boundaries of a word change completely

28
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Shifting examples

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sad from mature and trustworthy to unhappy

29
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Connotation processes

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  • elevation
  • deterioration
30
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Elevation

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connotations become more positive

31
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Elevation example

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wicked from evil to excellent

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Deterioration

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connotations become more negative

33
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Deterioration example

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villain - villager to evil character

34
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Morphological change processes

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  • word formation processes
  • word addition
35
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Word formation processes (morphological change)

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  • abbreviations
  • shortening
36
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Abbreviations

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  • acronym
  • initialism
37
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Acronym def + eg

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pronounceable as a word e.g. ANZAC

38
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Initialism def + eg

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pronounced as a series of letters eg. RSPCA

39
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Shortening

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dropping beginning/endings to create shorter form

40
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Shortening examples

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gym (gymnasium)
flu (influenza)

41
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Word addition

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  • compounding
  • affixation
  • backformation
  • blends
  • contractions
  • conversion
42
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compounding

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combination of 2+ free morphemes to form new word

43
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Compounding examples

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Bluetooth, timeframe

44
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Affixation

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add affixes to a base word to create new word

45
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Affixation examples

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submarine, proactive

46
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Backformation

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opposite of affixation, remove what people believe are bound morphemes

47
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Backformation examples

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addict (addiction)
edit (editor)

48
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Blends

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combination of two exisiting words where one+ are shortened in some way

49
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Blends examples

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smoke + fog = smog
skort

50
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Contractions

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shortening and combining two words
e.g. can’t, don’t

51
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Conversion

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word changes word class

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Conversion examples

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mail N -> V
gift, N -> V

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