1
Q
What are Lexical Gaps?
A
The absence of words to say something while speaking
2
Q
When was it found university students swho used non-standard British English experienced with their marks?
A
They were marked down
3
Q
When was it found University students were marked down for not using Standard British English? (to the month)
A
April 2024
4
Q
What form of English did some university students use?
A
Chinese English
5
Q
What did Chinese English students do with the non-count noun “research”?
A
They made it into a count noun
English Language - Language Change
flashcards
Decks in class (23)
# Cards
-
History of English: Late Modern English11
-
Language Change Examples Through the Ages26
-
Lexis13
-
Semantics11
-
Grammatical Change6
-
Orthographical, Graphological, Phonological Change11
-
Language Reform15
-
Topical Language Issues: Proper or Ghetto Grammar5
-
Topical Language Issues: Taboo Language Change and Attitudes6
-
Topical Language Issues: Variations in Attitudes to Accents5
-
Substratum Theory6
-
Functional Theory6
-
Wave and S-Curves7
-
Linguistic Determinism and Reflectionism7
-
Lexical Gaps5
-
Random Fluctuation and Cultural Transmission9
-
Attitudes to Language Change: Prescriptivists and Descriptivists20
-
Attitudes to Language Change: Pieces of Evidence4
-
Language and Social Media: New Media Contexts and Orthographic Representation6
-
Language and Social Media: Internet Influence, Communication Norms and Values, Affordances and Constraints18
-
Common Discourses on the topic of Language Decline17
-
Impact of Technology on Language and PC Language10
-
Computer Mediated Communication7
