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Modern English 1900- - Coggle Diagram
Modern English 1900-
Lexis
clippings: co.-company, alt- alternative
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very formal words: attire, garment
compound words: clickbait, better-dressed
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Acronyms: HRO- Hipster Runoff, IM- instant meassaging, bb-babe, FYI
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Linguistic features
Rhetorical questions, imperative sentences
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jargon: blog, content farmer, pageviews, comments
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juxtaposition: stop dressing like a boy, dress like a grown-up
repetitions: no excessive distress, no rips, and none of that
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Semantics
shift in meaning of the word 'satisfactory'-good, positive- not bad, somewhere in the middle
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Syntax
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all types of punctuation marks are used,something new is ellipsis
Cultural&Social changes
the invention of new technologies, internet, computers
acronyms are used due to need to precieve information in a brief way which is easy to read and understand
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