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English: Language Variation Over Time

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Theorists
William caxton 15th century,
Norman fairclough,
Howard giles
5  cards
Lexical Change
Loan word,
A neologism,
Coinage
13  cards
Semantic Change
What is semantic change,
What is broadening or widening,
What is narrowing
13  cards
Grammatical change
What does ye mean and what word c...,
What does thou mean and what word...,
What does thee mean and what word...
12  cards
Orthographical change
Non standard spelling is common i...,
English spelling is complex and i...,
Name five influences on english s...
11  cards
Punctuation change
What are the rules for using a ca...,
What are the rules for using capi...,
What types of punctuation are use...
5  cards
Phonological change
What is phonological change,
What was the great vowel shift,
What is dialect levelling
10  cards
Key Dates
When was the norman conquest,
When did caxton bring printing te...,
When was the first dictionary of ...
16  cards

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