Language Change - Aqa A-Level English Language Exam Questions (68 Terms) With Verified Definitions Updated 2024

Trudgill {Ans: Challenges the wave model •He believes that change comes from big cities, is passed to big towns and then to smaller towns, missing out country dwellings. He believes that the core case study of this is Yorkshire, where the archaic 'thee' and 'thou' are still in use in place of 'you'.}Halliday's functional theory {Ans: The idea that language changes because society does: So, to take an example, technology.}David Crystal {Ans: They said that the reason for the spread of English wasn't just colonisation, this explanation is too simplistic, instead it was because of power.}Webster's differences {Ans: English vs American (theatre vs theater) (colour vs color) (centre vs center)}Descriptivism {Ans: Belief that all types of language are acceptable - non judgemental}functional shift {Ans: the conversion of one word class to another}The great vowel shift (1400-1600AD) {Ans: A huge phonological change. long vowels sifted in pronunciation -wife=weef -mouse-moos}Aitchison {Ans: Critised Lowth and Murray - looking down on the working class}Haugen's Four Stage Process {Ans: Selection - This is the choice of a language variety for specific purposes. It is associated with official status or national roles in status planning. Codification -