Language Change Examples Through the Ages

Question 1

What is a word from politics that is now in English?

Answer 1

Brexit

Question 2

Name the Eras of English in Order with their century’s

Answer 2

Old English 449-1100 AD Middle English 1100-1500 ADEarly modern English 1500-1800 ADLate Modern English 1800-Present day Present Day English (Now)

Question 3

How has Shakespeare changed English?

Answer 3

Invented lots of new words such as Bandit and Lonely

Question 4

Who invented the term YOLO and when?

Answer 4

⁶𓅓, 2011

Question 5

How has science and technology added to the English Language?

Answer 5

New scientific things and technology need new labels so more words are made

Question 6

What are some science and technology words and when wer they created?

Answer 6

Liver (1450)Vaccines (1800)Motorway (1890)

Question 7

How does movement of people and language contact change English?

Answer 7

We get new words from other countries

Question 8

What are some words we have got from colonisation and when did we get them?

Answer 8

Cannibal (1550)Zombie (1871)

Question 9

How does fashion and tastes in language use affect English?

Answer 9

New fashion objects need words to label them Language tastes may make new words or kill old ones

Question 10

What is a word which came from change in fashion tastes?

Answer 10

Cummerbund (1610)

Question 11

What modern communication development affects taste in language use?

Answer 11

Computer Mediated Communication

Question 12

How has CMC affected taste in language use?

Answer 12

More abbreviations and acronyms

Question 13

CMC language use example?

Answer 13

LOL (Added to Dictionary in 2011)

Question 14

How did Roman Missionaries affect taste in language use?

Answer 14

English Locals liked Christianity so took back some Latin words

Question 15

What is a word England got from Christian Missionaries? What year did they get it?

Answer 15

Martyr (600 AD)

Question 16

What type of words did Vikings give England?

Answer 16

More savage verbs

Question 17

What is a word obtained from Vikings and when did England get it?

Answer 17

Die (Around 800AD)

Question 18

What Early Modern English event made a change in social changes of attitudes towards English?

Answer 18

The Golden Age of English Literature

Question 19

Why did the Golden Age of English literature change attitudes to English?

Answer 19

Writers chose to write in English

Question 20

Who were some Golden Age of English Literature writers?

Answer 20

Shakespeare, Marvell, Donne, Milton

Question 21

Name a word not derived from French or Latin which came around in the Golden Age of literature era

Answer 21

Lonely

Question 22

What event happened near the end of the Old English Era affecting attitudes towards English?

Answer 22

Norman’s conquering Britain

Question 23

Why did French Victory in 1066 affect English?

Answer 23

English Language was branded as informal and low status

Question 24

How was the Norman dialect seen?

Answer 24

High status and to be used for religious and state matters

Question 25

What is the term for 2 languages different to each other existing for different social functions?

Answer 25

Diglossia

Question 26

What is a word obtained from The Norman’s?

Answer 26

Merchant (1150 AD)