Language Change theories
Language Change theories + stuff worth mentioning:
- Reflectionism - Sapir-Whorf - Language reflects the way you think
- Determinism - Sapir-Whof - Language determines the way you think
- Lingua Franca + globalisation - French language centre
- OFCOM + instrumental power - Prescriptivism
- Crumbling castle - Language should be preserved and protected like a castle, even if it is crumbling
- Damp spoon - language change is as revolting as leaving a dmap spoon in a sugar bowl
- Beautiful building - language is a beautiful old building that must be upheld by rigid systems
- Slang - young girls are movers + shakers - Vera Regan
- Descriptivism
- Impact of technology, science, Shakespeare, empire, Amercanisation
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