:
words taken
from other languages Blending merging parts of two
words(
breakfast unc
TERMINOLOGY
:
Neologism :
a
newly created word Conversion I functional when a word
Shift :
chang
Diachronic
change: change in
language over time Semantic
change . when a word
dranges meaning over time
Le
g
.
"Google" from noun - verb
The
1)
Pejoration meaning becomes negative
:
Standardisation. process of developing ninform
a
2) Amelioration:
meaning becomes positive Compounding :
joining C
words
together leg keyboa
way of using lang 3) Narrowing
: meaning
becomes
specific more
Orthography the spelling system of laug.
:
4)
Broadening meaning wideus
:
Phonological Change shifts :
in
pronounciation
the creation
Coinage :
of entirely wordsLe g Google)new .
Condification :
fixing the rules of lawg Prescriptivism : the
belief that lang should follow r
Clipping shortening words (examination exam
:
the that all
Descriptivism : view
language is
THEORISTS
LANGUAG Clarge
-Crystal : Tide Metaphor lang change is natural and gradual Olde
:
Registe
forms slowly wash out while new oves arise .
Atchison's Metaphors Damp Spoon lawg change
.
2 : 1) : seeu as
lazy
2)
Crumbling Castle :
lang needs to be preserved ,
any
drange seen as
decay
Linguistic Fram
.
3)
Infectious disease : new
lang spreads like a disease a
Events
lang change harmfulis .
.
3 Schmidt's Wave Model :
lang. change spreads outwards from a small
group gradually
,
Caxton
Printing Press -
1476
.
1
Pragmatics (contex
affecting others .
z
Graphology (visual