Terminology For Analysing Texts From Different Time Periods Flashcards
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Etymology
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The origin of a word or the history of how it came to be
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Ampersand
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The symbol “&”
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Archaism/Archaic language
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A word that has fallen out of common usage or is old fashioned
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Semantic shift
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The shift in a words meaning over time, e.g. The word ‘sick’ can now mean something positive
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Inverted syntax
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When the ordering of words is rearranged to create an alternative weighting in the sentence, e.g. “Good with the force, he is.”
