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Prescriptivism vs Descriptivism - Coggle Diagram
Prescriptivism vs Descriptivism
Examples of lang change
Nomanr invasions and battle of Hastings in 1066 led to old Englsh being seen as peasant language and French/middle English being seen as language of the upper class
Words ending in -ment , gentleman, and loan words (words adopted from foreign languages) such as "gentle"
Norse invasions led to the name of many villages changing as they migrated to them
any place ending in "by", most changes were made in the North and South East of England in the region known as Danelaw
Technology
Neologisms such as Iphone, Ipad and Xbox have led to language change
New tech and messaging has led to abbreiations being used more frequently as language gets "lazier" WTF LOL LMAO
Migration
MLE
A mix of Indian, West African and Jamaican and was originally labelled as Jafraican
Usually spoke by the working class and typically younger crowds in multicultural areas of London
Ting Wagwan and Bruv
MJ Halliday functional theory
Language changes according to the uses social, psychological and cultural needs
Explains why language change is inevitable
The only language which does not change is an extinct language or a dead one
At the heart of language change
Migration can be backed by Substratum theory
States that language changes through contact with other languages
An example of this can include Irish and Welsh varieties on scouse accents
Prescriptivist and descriptvist arguments
Changes in language culture in social groups can lead to inequality and therefore if we all used the same grammar we would all be equal
Language change has happened throughput history and has not led to the decline of the language, instead only really improvement
Language change is inevitable as society is constantly changing, meaning language will change with it
"The English language as we all know it is doomed" Lynn Truss
Aitchisons PIDC can back technology, as he describes potential, a need for a new word arises
Implementation a word is used by individuals at first
Diffusion a word is spread around into groups
Codification, a word is recoredded
example rizz