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History of English: Late Modern English
3 reasons why lots of new words w...,
Reason for industrial revolution ...,
Reasons for why rise of the briti...
11
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Language Change Examples Through the Ages
What is a word from politics that...,
Name the eras of english in order...,
How has shakespeare changed english
26
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Lexis
What is the term for new words,
What is the term for the inventio...,
2 main types of lexical change
13
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Semantics
What is semantic change,
What are the 8 semantic change pr...,
What is broadening with an example
11
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Grammatical Change
What are the 4 grammatical change...,
What are archaic inflections with...,
What is an example of an unusual ...
6
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Orthographical, Graphological, Phonological Change
What are the 4 features of orthog...,
What is the ampersand,
How can the ampersand also be used
11
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Language Reform
What has led to language change l...,
What 2 forms can language change ...,
What is bottom up language change
15
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Topical Language Issues: Proper or Ghetto Grammar
Why do some linguists say street ...,
What type of english standard doe...,
What is a metaphor to describe ar...
5
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Topical Language Issues: Taboo Language Change and Attitudes
What is taboo language,
What did loveswork research,
What did loveswork find
6
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Topical Language Issues: Variations in Attitudes to Accents
What are lots of peoples opinions...,
What has happened to birmingham a...,
What does the birmingham accent g...
5
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Substratum Theory
What does substratum theory say,
When was it observed that prince ...,
Which variety of english had prin...
6
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Functional Theory
What does functional theory say l...,
According to functional theory wh...,
Name a way to describe new televi...
6
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Wave and S-Curves
What does wave theory show,
Name a british term 4 year old am...,
What is the impact for people the...
7
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Linguistic Determinism and Reflectionism
What does linguistic determinism say,
According to linguistic determini...,
What does linguistic reflectionis...
7
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Lexical Gaps
What are lexical gaps,
When was it found university stud...,
When was it found university stud...
5
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Random Fluctuation and Cultural Transmission
What is random fluctuation,
If i were to spell snake like sna...,
What happens with random fluctuat...
9
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Attitudes to Language Change: Prescriptivists and Descriptivists
What are the 2 types of language ...,
What is diachronic change,
What is synchronic change
20
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Attitudes to Language Change: Pieces of Evidence
What did geoffrey chaucer say abo...,
What have linguists realised abou...,
Who is samuel johnson
4
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Language and Social Media: New Media Contexts and Orthographic Representation
What do people that post things n...,
How will an audience of friends g...,
What is a variety of audiences so...
6
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Language and Social Media: Internet Influence, Communication Norms and Values, Affordances and Constraints
What was the 2015 word of the yea...,
What is significant about the wor...,
What is hybrid language what elem...
18
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Common Discourses on the topic of Language Decline
What are discourses,
How many discourse forms are ther...,
Name all of the common discourses...
17
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Impact of Technology on Language and PC Language
Language has never been pure and ...,
What are jean aitchisons 3 peescr...,
How does technology influence how...
10
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Computer Mediated Communication
What does cmc stand for,
Define cmc,
Examples of cmc
7
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