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Duplicate of Language Change
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Revision of key terms and ideas on language change
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Synchronic variation is when we study language change...
across regions
across society at a particular point in time
through gender over four generations
via social media platforms
2
What factors are currently affecting language change in the 21st century?
Americanisms
Educational reforms
Social media
Non-standard spellings
3
When over time a word becomes
less
favourable, this process is known as what?
Pejoration
Neosemy
Sociolect
Amelioration
4
Coinage is...
changing a word from a noun to a verb
using a word from another language
shortening a word and the shortened version becomes standard
the deliberate creation of a new word
5
What is 'hammer' an example of?
Compounding
Conversion
Clipping
Back formation
6
William Caxton's printing press came to England in which year?
1176
1376
1276
1476
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Neosemy is what?
Where words can have different spellings and meanings
Where punctuation is used less frequently
The process of lexical change
Where words are used in different ways and gain new meanings
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The first dictionary was published in which year?
1745
1760
1755
1750
9
Which of these is NOT an eponym?
Hoover
Andrex
Dyson
Chanel
10
Which of these are NOT to do with Middle English?
First dictionary published
Grammar simplification
The Great Vowel Shift
Latin words entering the language
11
An example of an acronym is...
DVD
TBT
FOMO
OMG
12
Silent letters have been inserted into words because...
originally the word was pronounced with that sound
it would remind people of the original Latin spelling
there was no dictionary at the time
it would ensure reading and writing was only for the elite
13
What is 'football' an example of?
Coinage
Blending
Compounding
Affixation
14
French was the official language of England for how many years?
300
400
250
350
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What is the term for a group of people who believe that language should remain pure?
Ascriptivist
Prescriptivist
Descriptivist
Scriptivist
16
What is 'exam' an example of?
Initialism
Blending
Clipping
Compounding
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Amelioration is what?
A word acquires a more pleasant or positive meaning
A word acquires a less pleasant or negative meaning
A word's meaning changes over time but the change is neutral
A word's meaning never changes
18
Which word is NOT Anglo-Saxon in origin?
Trek
Dark
Town
Evil
19
The process of language change moving through old, middle to modern English is known as what?
Diachronic Variation
Synchronic variation
Lexical change
Semantic change
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Which of these factors contributed to a wider lexicon in the 18th and 19th centuries?
Shakespeare writing plays and sonnets
Introduction of religion to Britain
Growth of the mass media
Development of science and industry
