Language Change Terminology

3. English A dialect originating from the Thames estuary area.
4. A whole new word, a new fantastic point of view.
8. Conventional forms of a language are established, maintained, and used by everyone.
9. Shift The meaning of a word changing over time.
10. The meaning of a word changing to be more negative over time.
12. Correctness The avoidance of phrases that can exclude or insult people who are discriminated against.
14. The second of two opposing words, clauses, or sentences that are being rhetorically contrasted.
16. Colloquial phrases and words. Literally 'shortened language'.

1. Strengthening An area or person's accent strengthening over time.
2. The process where a word that has fallen out of general use because it is deemed politically incorrect begins to be reused by the minority group it once referred to.
5. The belief that one variation of the language is superior.
6. A phrase containing words that are habitually put together e.g. fish and chips.
7. Specialist words, often relating to a profession.
11. Language Words that drift in and out of fashion
13. A word composed of two separate pre-existing words.
15. The meaning of a word becoming more specific over time.