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HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS – IG 577

HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS – IG 577. Week 7: Lexical Change Lecturers: Dr. Dadang Sudana , M.A. Ernie D.A. Imperiani , M.Ed. Lexical change. Another type of language change that involves modifications to the words. Reasons why languages undergo lexical change.

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HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS – IG 577

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  1. HISTORICAL LINGUISTICS – IG 577 Week 7: Lexical Change Lecturers: Dr. DadangSudana, M.A. Ernie D.A. Imperiani, M.Ed.

  2. Lexical change • Another type of language change that involves modifications to the words.

  3. Reasons why languages undergo lexical change • Cultural practices such as the restriction against the use of certain words in certain cultures • Changes in society, particularly in the case where the object or notion a word refers to has become obsolete or archaic • Contact with other cultures or the result of technological innovations that result in lexical gaps which can be filled by adding new words to the lexicon.

  4. Activity • Innovations in the lexicon can come from a number of different sources. What are they? • What is lexical copying/borrowing? • What is the difference between cultural and core vocabulary? • What possible ways are there for a language to fill lexical gaps? • What is meant by lexical taboo? What is the possible effect of lexical taboo in vocabulary change? • What is lexical compression? Try to give example of kinds of lexical compression. • What are word mixes/blends?

  5. Sources of new words • Lexical copying: the process by which one language adopts words and phrases from another language. • The use of own linguistic resources in creating new words.

  6. Sources of new words(cont’d) • Clipping or compression: the process of creating new words by shortening parts of a longer word. (It only applies to a few words in a language and is not general) Examples: phone from telephone exam from examination - In Australian and New Zealand English, there is additional syllable added to the compressed forms in order to express a kind of diminutive meaning (informal). Examples:football→footie breakfast → brekkie -A particular kind of compression: the use of initials (Acronym) Examples: SIM, WHO, FO

  7. Sources of new words(cont’d) • Word mixes or blends: process of creating a new word by combining the parts of two different words, usually the beginning and the end of another. Examples: smog = smoke and fog rudal = pelurukendali permen = peraturanpemerintah

  8. References Chapter 7. Crowley, T. 1997. An Introduction to Historical Linguistics Third Edition. Oxford: OUP. File 10.7.Cipollone, N. Keiser, S. and Vasishth, S. 1998. Language Files, pp.315-316. Columbus: Ohio State University Press.

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