This is a personal type of key-word table for my own use. It may be helpful to those who study A-Level English Language, as they are important features in language change. They could suggests the reasons behind the change or alteration or even be a way that a word has been made in language change. I will updating this page throughout my course, and adding new words and features when I see it necessary.
Convergence: Attempting to change the way you speak, to speak like a different sociolect/group of people.
Coinage: The creation of an entirely new word.
Prescriptivist Attitude: Stating there is an expectation, a rule to follow.
Descriptivist Attitude: Describing the reasons there could be expectations, or describing the options, but not suggesting a certain one should be followed.
Codification: Giving language a status, allowing it to be widely recognised.
Informalisation: The progressive change in language that is making it become more informal. Formality of words is decreasing because of words like slang becoming so popular.
Ease of Articulation: Proposed by Jean Aitchson. Suggesting that people will alter their language and speech so that it is easy to speak and simple to understand.
Clipping: Taking parts of a word out, be it from the middle, front or end. E.g. Parents > rents.
Phonetic Spelling: Spelling a word simply how it sounds, or how it is spoken.
Sociolect: The dialect of a particular social class or group in society.
Blending: The merging of two or more words, to create a new word with a joint meaning. "Fugly".
Covert/Cultural Prestige: The way that it is believed a culture/social group/gender group/age group (etc.) speaks better than another.
Borrowing: Using/taking words from different languages and sociolects.
Code Switching: Changing the way you speak depending on the context you are in.
Context of Article: What is the article about, how are the article speaking.
Purpose of Article: In what way is the article trying to influence the reader.
Slang: Words coined by different sociolects that aren't necessarily standardised.
Convergence: Attempting to change the way you speak, to speak like a different sociolect/group of people.
Coinage: The creation of an entirely new word.
Prescriptivist Attitude: Stating there is an expectation, a rule to follow.
Descriptivist Attitude: Describing the reasons there could be expectations, or describing the options, but not suggesting a certain one should be followed.
Codification: Giving language a status, allowing it to be widely recognised.
Informalisation: The progressive change in language that is making it become more informal. Formality of words is decreasing because of words like slang becoming so popular.
Ease of Articulation: Proposed by Jean Aitchson. Suggesting that people will alter their language and speech so that it is easy to speak and simple to understand.
Clipping: Taking parts of a word out, be it from the middle, front or end. E.g. Parents > rents.
Phonetic Spelling: Spelling a word simply how it sounds, or how it is spoken.
Sociolect: The dialect of a particular social class or group in society.
Blending: The merging of two or more words, to create a new word with a joint meaning. "Fugly".
Covert/Cultural Prestige: The way that it is believed a culture/social group/gender group/age group (etc.) speaks better than another.
Borrowing: Using/taking words from different languages and sociolects.
Code Switching: Changing the way you speak depending on the context you are in.
Context of Article: What is the article about, how are the article speaking.
Purpose of Article: In what way is the article trying to influence the reader.
Slang: Words coined by different sociolects that aren't necessarily standardised.
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