Language Change Studies

Question 1

David Crystal

Answer 1

Nature of language to change to keep pace/reflect society

Question 2

Previous fast moving processes of language change?

Answer 2

13-17th Renaissance

Overlapping 16th Century Shakespearean

Question 3

What was the renaissance

Answer 3

Cultural rebirth

Question 4

When was dictionary published

Answer 4

1755

Question 5

Why did dictionary take a while to implement

Answer 5

Transport/financial limitations

Question 6

Why can 18th century tests be expected to be well written

Answer 6

Only upper classes had access to education

Question 7

What is factory act

Answer 7

1833, no children under 9 in factories, more in school

Question 8

What is neologism

Answer 8

Deliberate creation of a new word

Question 9

What is borrowing

Answer 9

Borrowing words from other languages, may be anglicised or retain original spelling

Question 10

What is compounding

Answer 10

Words combined to form new words

Question 11

What is clipping

Answer 11

Words shortened and shortened word becomes norm

Question 12

Initialism

Answer 12

DVD

Question 13

Affixation

Answer 13

One or more free morphemes combined with bound morphemes e.g disinterest

Question 14

Conversion

Answer 14

Word shifts from one class to another

Question 15

Neosemy

Answer 15

Words begin to be used in different ways and acquire new meanings e.g. meat referred to all foods

Question 16

Narrowing

Answer 16

Becomes more specific

Question 17

Amelioration

Answer 17

Acquires more pleasant meaning

Question 18

Weakening

Answer 18

Power of meaning reduces e.g. thing

Question 19

Euphenisms

Answer 19

Expressions that remove offence

Question 20

Synonyms

Answer 20

Expansion of our vocabulary

Question 21

Marked terms

Answer 21

specialise gender roles