Language change Flashcards
1
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Reasons for language change
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Technology, social changes, travel, science
2
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Political correctness
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refraining from causing emotional harm
3
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Prescriptivism
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Belief that one type of language is acceptable - judgemental
4
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Descriptivism
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Belief that all types of language are acceptable - non judgemental
5
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Borrowing
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taking words from other languages
example of borrowing
Judge - France, Opera - Latin
6
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Affixation
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adding a prefix or suffix to a word
7
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Compounding
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two-words combined together
8
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blending
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two words moulded together (smog = smoke and fog)
9
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functional shift
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the conversion of one word class to another
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