Change

Question 1

Neologism

Answer 1

New words

Question 2

Archaic language

Answer 2

Words that have fallen out of use

Question 3

Borrowing

Answer 3

Word taken from another language

Question 4

Scientific process

Answer 4

Medicine, science and technology’s effect on language

Question 5

Affixation

Answer 5

New prefixes and suffixes added onto words

Question 6

Compounding

Answer 6

When a new word is created by two old words combined

Question 7

Blending

Answer 7

Two separate words merged together

Question 8

Clipping

Answer 8

When a word drops certain syllables to creat a abbreviation (u)

Question 9

Initialism

Answer 9

First letter starts for a word

Question 10

Acronym

Answer 10

Initial letters are said like a word eg NASA

Question 11

Amelioration

Answer 11

A word develops a positive meaning over time

Question 12

Pejoration

Answer 12

Word develops a negative meaning over time

Question 13

Great vowel shift

Answer 13

1700-1900 the long vowel sounds in words became shorter- easier to articulate

Question 14

External change

Answer 14

Outside influences on language

Question 15

Internal change

Answer 15

Makes the language easier and more simple

Question 16

Caxton printing press

Answer 16

1476, led the standardisation process

Question 17

Where did language standardise from

Answer 17

East Midland dialect

Question 18

Old English

Answer 18

450-1100 AD germania tribes

Question 19

Middle English

Answer 19

1100-1500 AD

Question 20

1476

Answer 20

William Caxton establishes first printing press

Question 21

Early modern English

Answer 21

1500-1800

Question 22

Samuel Johnson

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A dictionary of the English language published in 1755

Question 23

Late modern English

Answer 23

1800- now

Question 24

Effect of the expansion of the British empire

Answer 24

Led to words being borrowed from other countries 1780-1810

Question 25

Archaisms

Answer 25

Words that have became obsolete

Question 26

Semantic change

Answer 26

Words that have been around for a long time so they change their meaning

Question 27

Amelioration

Answer 27

Word develops positive meaning

Question 28

Pejoration

Answer 28

Develops negative meaning

Question 29

How have nouns changed

Answer 29

Used to be capitalised more frequently until 18th century

Question 30

THE LONG S

Answer 30

Deemed unnecessary in the 1800

Question 31

Omission

Answer 31

Sounds gradually lost in order to make pronunciation easier

Question 32

Dennis freeborn

Answer 32

Incorrectness view-only standardised English is correct Ugliness view- some accents are bad Imprecisness view- some accents are lazy

Question 33

Jean Aitchinson

Answer 33

Crumbling Castle view- it should be preserved but not unchangeable Damp spoon syndrome- language changes because people are lazy Infectious disease assumption- people pick up bad language inorder to fit in social groups

Question 34

David crystals opinion on language change

Answer 34

Descriptavist Technology added new dimension Spellings are made by the people( online dictionary)

Question 35

Peter trudgills view on language change

Answer 35

It's a positive thing Descriptivist Changes don't cause confusing because the new meaning is more common than the old so many understand it