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Pronunciation Changes in Language

1) Language changes over time in pronunciation, meaning, and vocabulary as it varies based on time, location, and social context. 2) Changes originate from innovations by speakers and can spread through imitation, replacing old forms, or expressing solidarity. 3) Language changes are studied by comparing age groups to see which newer forms younger speakers use more, or by observing real changes over a period of time while considering social factors.

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Pronunciation Changes in Language

1) Language changes over time in pronunciation, meaning, and vocabulary as it varies based on time, location, and social context. 2) Changes originate from innovations by speakers and can spread through imitation, replacing old forms, or expressing solidarity. 3) Language changes are studied by comparing age groups to see which newer forms younger speakers use more, or by observing real changes over a period of time while considering social factors.

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HOLMES : CHAPTER 9

LANGUAGE CHANGE
By
SHARIFAH FATIN ATHIRA BT
SYED UZIR
1218106
SECTION 1 GROUP 3

HOW DO
LANGUAG
E
CHANGES
SPREAD

STUDYING
LANGUAG
E
CHANGE
LANGUA
GE
CHANGE

VARIATIO
N AND
CHANGE

REASONS
BEHIND
LANGUAG
E
CHANGES

Language changes over time.


Changes occur in:
- Pronunciation
eg: knight, knit
- Meaning
eg: nice
- Vocabulary
eg: hie-hurry, stilly-softly

VARIATION AND CHANGE

Language varies in :- Time


- Physical space / setting
- Social context
Speaker innovation : changes of
language are done by the speakers.

New form Spread usage


Replace
- Eg: Really good cool, wicked,
awesome
Sounds change over time
- Eg: in New zealand : new, nuclear
These changes are usually proposed
people in higher social class
Changes from above : changes in
language that people are aware of

Changes from below: changes in


language that people are not aware of. Eg:
changes in the vowel pronunciation. (beer,
bear)
The spread of the vernacular forms
- Imitating the speech that are
considered prestigious
- Expression of solidarity

HOW DO LANGUAGE CHANGE SPREAD?

1)
2)
3)

From group to group


From style to style
From word to word

STUDYING LANGUAGE CHANGE


Apparent-time studies of language
changes
- Comparing the speech of people of different
age;
younger speakers use more of the newer
forms
- Looking at the frequency of the increase and
decrease of a form by age group

Language change in real time


- Observing the changes that occur
over a period
of time
- Known as real time studies
- A very reliable method
- Consider the social factors affecting
the
language use

REASONS FOR LANGUAGE CHANGE


Social status
- People of higher social status in the
community
introduce changes from other
communities which
are considered prestigious.
- Eg: Upper-class London
- Lower class people spread lessconscious linguistic
changes.

Gender
- Differences in the speeches of men and women
can cause linguistic change
- It can be either of the two who introduce the
change
- Women tend to introduce changes associated
with
both prestigious and vernacular forms
- Men introduce changes associated with
vernacular forms

Interaction
- Interaction among people is crucial in
channeling
linguistic change
- Linguistic change in communities with
little
interaction with the outside world
progress slowly
- Isolation causes linguistic conservatism
- Eg: Iceland

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