Phonological Change

Question 1

What are aitchinsons metaphors (3)

Answer 1

Damp spoon
Crumbling castle
Infectious disease

Question 2

What is uptalk

Answer 2

Going up in pitch at the end of sentences

Question 3

What was the great vowel shift

Answer 3

vowel that used to be pronounced in one place in the mouth would be pronounced in a different place, higher up in the mouth.

Question 4

What are aitchinsons 4 stages

Answer 4

1) regional pronounciation
2) imitation of social classes
3) imitation becomes natural in dialogue
4) a third group forms and imitates the imitators and cycle repeats

Question 5

What did labov prove

Answer 5

There are 2 types of change, unconscious change from below and conscious change from above

Question 6

What was the great vowel shift

Answer 6

The change in word pronunciation during the 1400s.

Some letters became silent. E.g. weef=wife