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FlashCards por livbennett, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por livbennett
mais de 10 anos atrás
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| Questão | Responda |
| Old English (5th – 11th centuries) | the development of English from the linguistic influence of Germanic and Viking invaders |
| Middle English (11th – 14th centuries) | The mixing of French with English after the Norman Conquest |
| Early Modern English (15th – 17th centuries) | The continual process of change, as English discarded older forms of word order and word endings and added Latin words for new concepts and ideas |
| Late Modern English 18th century – present) | The age of standardised English |
| Political Correctness | Words or phrases used to replace those that are deemed offensive |
| Overt Prestige | Refers to the status speakers get from using the most official and standard form of a language. Received Pronunciation and Standard English are accepted as the most prestigious English accent and dialect |
| Covert Prestige | Refers to the status speakers who choose not to adopt a standard dialect get from a particular group within society |
| Borrowing/Loan Word | The introduction of a word from one language to another, these can be anglicised or remain similar to the original in spelling and pronunciation |
| Eponym | The name of a person after whom something is named |
| Proprietary names | The name given to a product by one organisation becomes the commonly used name for the same product |
| Acronym | A lexicalised word made up from the initial letters of a phrase (sounded as a word) |
| Initialism | A word made from initial letters, each being pronounced |
| Clipping | A new word produced by shortening an existing one |
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