Metalanguage
the study of a language.
what is lexicology?
tribes that influence old English
what are, celts, Germanic tribes, Saxons, Scots?
people who speak greater than one language
what is bilingual/multilingual?
a more formal combination of languages for use of communication
what is a creole?
external features of language that influence communication
what are prosodic features?
the study of the history of a language.
what is etymology?
two or three words that mean the same thing that come from different languages.
what are doublets and triplets?
theorise suggesting language is solely acquired through the environment
what are behaviourist theories?
an early informal combination of languages for communication
what is a pidgin?
a period of time during middle english where the pronunciation of all vowels changed
what is the great vowel shift?
the meaning of words
what is semantics?
the inventor of the printing press
who is Johannes Gutenberg?
a period of time that after language is near impossible to learn
what is critical learning period?
the language born of indigenous Australian languages and english
what is kriol?
the relationship between audience and author
what is tenor?
what is the structure of sentences
what is syntax?
the year Samuel Johnson's dictionary was invented
what is 1755?
dumbed down speech for communicating with children
what is Child directed speech?
a language between two non native speakers
what is lingua franca?
the belief that language should stay the same and consistant
what is prescriptivism?
the six functions of language
what are referential, poetic, emotive, phatic, conative, metalinguistic?
the oldest surviving example of English
what is beowulf?
the age in which children speak two word utterances.
what is 12-18 months?
the three circles of english speaking contries
what are inner circle, outer circle and expanding circle?
the four types of sentence
what are, declarative, imperative, exclamatory, interrogative?