English - Language Change

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Decks in this class (15)

Causes Of Language Change
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14  cards
Lexical Change (how words enter our language)
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33  cards
Semantic Shifts
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22  cards
Political Correctness
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10  cards
Generic Forms and Cognition (PC)
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23  cards
Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis (PC)
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18  cards
Dominant and Muted Group Theory (PC)
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19  cards
Euphemism Treadmill (PC)
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4  cards
Attitudes of Language Change
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19  cards
Features of Early Modern English
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27  cards
Theorist's Attitudes of Language
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27  cards
Main Theories of Language Change
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29  cards
Phonological Change
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18  cards
Grammatical Change
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24  cards
Standardisation
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16  cards

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