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Criado por Jake Flaxman
mais de 8 anos atrás
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Questão | Responda |
M.A.K. Halliday | Language changes according to the needs of its users. |
Jean Aitchson (Prescriptivist/Descriptivist) | Prescriptivist: Challenges change. Descriptivist: Encourages change. |
Random Fluctuation Theory | Charles Hockett: Proposed that random "mistakes" led to change. Paul Postal: "Language is as unpredictable as fashion, and thus changes are random". |
Wave/S-Curve | Geographical theory. Language is like a pond - drop a stone (word) in it and the ripples (trends of that word) will travel far and wide. |
Substratum Theory | Change comes through "language contact". |
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