LANGUAGE CHANGE

Anie Tulisya Ningrum Agus Abdul Luthfi

Bayu NuryaniMila istina

TitinZakiatul MUnawwaroh

DEFINITION OF LANGUAGE CHANGE

The phenomenon by which permanent alterations are made in the features and the use of a language overtime.

All natural languages change, and language change affects all areas of language use.

VARIATION AND CHANGE

Language varies in three major ways which are interestingly interrelated –overtime, in physical space and socially. The source of change overtime is always current variation. So the regional and social variants described in the previous three chapters provide the basis for language change overtime.

POST VOCALIC (r)

Accent of Post Vocalic are called rhotic. In large areas of

England rhotic english accents are regarded as rural and

Uneducated. In large part of America, on the other hand

Post vocalic is alive and well and exstensively used.

The spread of Vernacular form

Its easy to understand that a pronunciation which is considered prestigious will ne imitated and will spread through a community. There are many examples of vernacular pronunciations which have spread throught speech communities. Its possible for changes to proceed from a variety of starting points in a variety of direction.

How do changes spread ?It’s changes defined by 3 part :

1. From group to group2.From style to style3.From word to word

How do we study language changeExample :I discovered one day that my 11 year old, David

did know What the word wireless meant . Neither did his

friends. On the other hand my great grand mother never

heard The word radio, and while my grandmother

knew whatA radio was, she considered the term new

fangled. My Mother used both wireless and radio to refer to

the same Object and though I understand both terms I

have alwaysUsed radio for preference.

REASON FOR LANGUAGE CHANGE

1. Social status and change2. Gender and language change

INTERACTION AND LANGUAGE CHANGEInteraction and contact between people is

crucial in providing the channels for linguistic change , as previous example have implied. Linguistic change generally progresses most slowly in tightly knit communities which have little contact with the outside world.