Download Impact of Industrial Revolution on English Language: New Words, Compounds, Pronunciation and more Quizzes French Philology in PDF only on Docsity! TERM 1 What affect did the Industrial Revolution have on English? DEFINITION 1 Changed the language- New vocabulary- New ways of making new words TERM 2 7 ways new words are made: DEFINITION 2 1) Compounding2) Affixation3) Abbreviation4) Borrowing from other languages5) Extensive families of compound words (Metaphoric extension)6) Functional Shift7) Backformation TERM 3 2 features of a COMPOUND DEFINITION 3 1) Right most element of compound tells you what it is2) Stress is on left side TERM 4 4 types of ABBREVIATION DEFINITION 4 1) Initialisms/alphabetisms: Taking the first letter but pronouncing it as a series of letters (e.g. CIA, EU)2) Acronyms: Taking the first letter but pronouncing it as a word (e.g. SCUBA, FUBAR)3) Clippings: Taking a word and cutting part off (e.g. Dorm, prof)4) Blends: Taking two terms and smush them together (e.g. Smog, brunch, motel) TERM 5 What happened to grammar in 18th century? DEFINITION 5 -Shall/will begins to disappear- Double negative became completely unacceptable- Subjunctive began to disappear TERM 6 6 changes in PRONUNCIATION during 18th century: DEFINITION 6 1) Change in vowels. British English began to start sounding like it does now2) Stress change: balCONY became BALcony3) Differentiation between voiced 'w' and voiceless 'w'. "HW" and "W", "Wales" and "Whales"4) Weakening of last "R"5) Dropping in "g" in "ing": "walking" to "walkin"6) Rise and decline of RP as supra-regional accent TERM 7 18th century grammarians had two impossible goals: DEFINITION 7 1) Stop language changing2) Eliminate nonstandard usage TERM 8 What led to the rise of RP English in 19th and 20th century? DEFINITION 8 - Greater social mobility brought urban and rural dwellers together- University education brought people of different backgrounds together- Schoolteachers were exercising an increased influence over students- Public-School system- BBC TERM 9 Late 18th and early 19th century writers wanted language to be: DEFINITION 9 As close to spoken English as possible- The "Romantics" TERM 10 Standard English vs. Dialects: 18th century DEFINITION 10 - Dialects don't have force if there is no standard- Writers begin using regional speech, colloquial, etc in their writing.
