Language Change
History of the English Language-
Old English
Middle English
Early modern English
18th and 19th centuries
English today
English as a global language
English tomorrow
Framework for approaching language change-
Pragmatics/ attitudes/ style
Phonology
Graphology/ orthography
Semantic change
Lexical change
Grammar
Study language change –
Study – synchronic variation, diachronic variation
Attitudes
Etymology, lexicographer
Causes of language change-
Sociolinguistic
Linguistic/ systemic explanations
Roots of English –
Before English
Indo – European
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