Language change (Edexcel A-Level English Language) quiz
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When the word meat narrowed from meaning any food to meaning flesh, this is an example of:
A word's meaning becoming more positive over time, as with nice (once meaning foolish), is called:
Which of these is an orthographic change?
Which factor most clearly drove the standardisation of English spelling?
Jean Aitchison's damp spoon metaphor describes the prescriptivist belief that change comes from:
Which set correctly lists Aitchison's three metaphors of decline?
The model describing change as slow at first, then rapid, then levelling off is the:
Random fluctuation theory, which attributes change to chance, is associated with:
The word brunch (from breakfast and lunch) is formed by the process of:
What is the difference between an acronym and an initialism?