Language Change

'Brunch' is an example of what type of change?

Which of the following contains a split infinitive?

Who conducted the Martha's Vineyard study?

Which of the following contains a double negative?

Which framework refers to the meanings of words?

What type of prestige did the study record?

David Crystal suggested we have a ....?

What is a split infinitive?

Which place has experienced dialect levelling?

In what voice is the following sentence? Ben smacked Murray across the face

What is prescriptivism?

Who said that language simply changes, just as in morality and politics?

What is a double negative?

What is amelioration?

Kerswill, Williams & Aitchison found that younger residents of MK were using a dialect known as...

What is a possible cause of the Great Vowel Shift?

According to Trudgill, who are more likely to use 'prestige pronunciation'?

What is broadening?

Coinage is a feature of which change framework?

What is phonology?

Which of the following is a prescriptive theorist?

What term might you apply to 'brunch'?

and again? - Ben was then viciously attacked by Murray

Which of the following is a compound word?

Who refuted the 'crumbling castle' idea?

Words that are no longer used are called...?

Which term would you apply to LOL?

What is graphology?

John Humphrys suggested that texting has done more damage than who?

In 1864, what did Henry Alford take exception to?

What is coinage?

Which framework refers to the use of words?

'Lager' has been borrowed from which language?

What is dialect levelling?

Who famously took exception to the double negative?