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Varieties of English

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By: Olivia Cross
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Decks in this class (14)

Glossary
0  cards
Origins of the English Language
Periodisation of old english,
Periodisation of middle english,
Period of modern english
26  cards
Old English
Old english syntax,
What percentage of old english vo...,
Old english morphology verbs
16  cards
Middle English
Period of middle english,
What were the major languages in ...,
When was english recognised as a ...
31  cards
Modern English
Period of modern english,
What is the great vowel shift gvs,
Why are they so many inconsistenc...
20  cards
Variation and Language
What is diachronic change,
What is the envelope of variation,
What is free variation
17  cards
Social Class
What is broad stratification,
What are caste systems,
What is the cross over effect
13  cards
Style
What is an accent,
What are acts of identity,
What is attention to speech
15  cards
Language Attitudes
What is accommodation,
What is asymmetric accommodation,
What is communication accommodation
16  cards
Politeness, Communication and Identity
What does bald on record mean,
What is the definition of collect...,
What is the cost of imposition
19  cards
Language Change
What is age grading,
What is apparent time,
What is change from above
17  cards
Gender
What is a community of practice,
What is a constitutive group rela...,
What is conventional implicature
17  cards
Multilingualism
What is active knowledge,
What is bilingualism,
What is code mixing
11  cards
Language Contact
What is a creole,
What is creolisation,
What is dialect levelling
14  cards

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