Tuesday 3 February 2015

LANGUAGE CHANGE TASK:

American English.
Americans are aware of their subconscious use of informality and slang in American English. Recent terms 'boy-toy' in which was populated by those of the powerful within the music industry. We therefore may create language through pop culture and influenced by the media.
Originally, it was used ironically. However, others began to use it on a regular basis
Boy toy - originally may have meant a toy for the male gender. Now can be used ambiguously by the media, singers, etc.

Grammar
Prepositions, conjunctions, pronouns all are cogwheels of the language that make everything else work
'need - verb - meaning to require
It was used first in the 15th century, became more of an auxillary verb as in 'she doesn't need to pay'
An error in grammar can have the ability to function as development within language.

New words
Charity shop - comes back from 1800s. In her station, to create a new word, words come through a wine basket, where people put in suggestions, and they can come from other colleagues, members of the public and she goes and investigates that particular word to see if it can become a new word. once this process is made, it is then published within the Oxford English Dictionary.

Selfie
Taking a photograph of yourself and posting it onto social media websites. However, this word has been challenged by some, as others have found evidence of its use as far back as 2002 in an Australian farm. However, this word has been blended with other words, only using the suffix 'ie'
For example, ''book shelfie'' self for books, 'selfie' was combined in this. Binge watch v. watching a lot of series in one big go.
Show rooming - visiting a shop to examine what they have before buying it at a cheaper price online.


1 comment:

  1. Keep up the good class work on language change - good research!

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