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English - Lang Change and Diversity

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By: Aaron Parayno
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Lexical Change
What is lexical change,
What is a neologism,
List the different processes by w...
30  cards
Semantic Change
What is semantic change,
Give some examples of semantic ch...,
What are the processes of semanti...
16  cards
Phonological Change
List the examples of phonological...,
Explain how the increased use of ...,
What is th fronting
18  cards
Grammatical Change
Give some examples of phrases whe...,
How is grammatical change differe...,
What was a particular cause of gr...
21  cards
Orthographical Change
What is orthography,
What is standardisation,
What are the key features of caxt...
10  cards
World English
What is hegemony hegemonic,
What is an inkhorn term,
What was the inkhorn controversy
9  cards
Gender
What is gender how does gender work,
Where do gender roles come from,
What is gender representation
43  cards
Historical overview (lang change)
What are the common metaphors on ...,
What is the metaphor of decay on ...,
What is the metaphor of evolution...
8  cards
prescriptivism vs descriptivism
What are some of the common metap...,
What is prescriptivist,
What is descriptivism
4  cards
Regional Variation
What factors influence the way we...,
What is identity,
Explain how identity is expressed...
31  cards
Why Does Our Language Change? (models/theories)
What is the s curve model chen,
What is lexical diffusion jean ai...,
What is the wave model bailey 1973
13  cards

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