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Describe three mechanisms of linguistic change. Use examples for illustration from the history of English.
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Read moreDescribe the principle of analogy as a mechanism of linguistic change. Use one example for illustration.
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Read moreWhat do you know about the origin of the language spoken by the Germanic tribes who arrived in Britain in the 5th century?,”- Angles
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Read moreWhat is Proto-Indo-European? When and where was it spoken? What does the term ‘proto’ mean?,”- Proto: a reconstruced language; no documents exist – Proto-Indo-European: the language from which many languages in Europe and South Asia emerged- When: based on the expansion and culture from ca 5000 – 3500 B.C.- Where: ->determind on basis of cognates: apple, bear, hazel No: ocean, olive – > northwest of the Caucasus; north of Caspian Sea -> ca. 4000 B.C. began expansion to Balkan and nothern Europe (later to Iran
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Read moreHow did Jones find out that a number of languages in Europe and Asia must stem from a common source?
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Read moreOn what evidence did scholars identify features of the Proto-Indo-European culture and homeland?,”- Cognates (words developed from common source) gave evidence about culture and homeland- Words for appliances, surrounding (no ocean
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Read moreWhich other languages is English genealogically related to?,”- Frisian, German, Africaans (through Proto-West-Germanic)- Norwegian, Swedish
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Read moreWhat are the main subgroups of Indo-European?,”- Indo-Iranian, Armenian, Albanian, Balto-Slavic, Tocharian, Anatolian, Hellenic, Italic, Celtic
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