Language Change
Give an example of rebracketing
a norange
an orange
What is an acrolect?
superstrate, variety of speech from the elite speakers
Write "slang" in IPA
[slæŋ]
Give an example with an infix
Un-freakin-believable
Amelioration
Some speakers say "he goes" instead of "he says"
Descriptivist
What is a mesolect?
Give an example of a consonant cluster in the onset
Spring
Blue
Squad
Splash
How many morphemes are in "teachers"?
3
Mouse-->animal/rodent to the computer device is an example of what?
"You shouldn't end a sentence with a preposition"
What is a basilact?
Lower socioeconomic background, limited access to education
Write "read" in IPA
[ɹiːd]
How many morphemes are in "anger"?
1
aks/ask is an example of what?
Metathesis
Puerto Rican Spanish is not inferior to Standardized Spanish
Descriptive
Tok Pisin is a pidgin or a creole?
Was first a pidgin and now is a creole
Give an example of a word with /θ/ in the coda
Bath
Strength
Month
Forth
Give an example of a mondegreen
Lots of options here....
"wife" going from any woman to only married woman is an example of what?
Grammandos = _______________
Wordies = ___________________
Grammandos= prescriptivists
Wordies= descriptivists
Why might a pidgin die out?
No L1 speakers
No sociological need for expansion
What are 3 of the 5 linguistic facts of life from Lippi-Green?
variation is intrinsic
written vs spoken
all varieties are inherently equal
Addressees and auditors are _____________ and overhearers and eavesdroppers are _________.
Ratified participants
Non-ratified participants