Language Change main information

Question 1

In 18th Century…

Answer 1

• Capital letters were often used for common nouns, and are now only used for proper nouns
• Semi colons were often used instead of full stops
• many variations in punctuation
• orthographic change (changes in spelling e.g currey - curry, the long s-grapheme)

Question 2

Shakespearian English Facts

Answer 2

• 1564-1613
• used repetition for structures and lexis as decorative technique; purely for style and setting the mood.
• ## coined hundreds of words and phrases - wild goose chase, in a pickle