Language Variation Over Time

Question 1

How does language change

Answer 1

Syntactical changes -sentence structure
Morphology- changes of individual suffixes
Morphemes-changes in individual parts of the word-bound and free morphemes
Spelling changes
Loan words
Semantic shift

Question 2

Why does language change

Answer 2

Technology changes- printing press
Changes in social attitudes
Changes in attitudes towards language
To define new groups and express these identities

Question 3

What was the great vowel shift

Answer 3

was a massive sound change affecting the long vowels of English during the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries
Affected pronunciation
Diphthong “oo” - “oh”
Silent letters left over from how they used to be pronounced

Question 4

Early modern English

Answer 4

It covers the time period from the late 15th century to the late 17th century and contributed significantly to the shaping of modern English
Shakespeare
Printing press 1490