Across
- 4. lexical data that graphs language changes over time
- 5. Thomas Edison invented it in 1877
- 8. theory that connects language spread to globalization
- 11. theory that language change ripples from an epicenter
- 13. authored the random fluctuation theory that insist that language is a product of random changes
- 14. Something that rose in prominence in 2020 with the internet generation
- 15. Newspaper first published in 1788
- 16. ended in 1840
- 18. handwriting
- 24. word meaning
- 27. word formation
- 29. in 1712 created English academy to regulate English language
- 31. theory that language change starts from larger populations then goes to smaller ones
Down
- 1. proposes the unfolding theory of language change where language change results from predictable patterns alongside our need to be original
- 2. theory that language change is at first slow and then accelerates
- 3. vocabulary
- 4. the year the first text message was sent
- 6. Social media site founded in 2006
- 7. english dictionary first published in 1928
- 9. had 2 phases in the early 1500s
- 10. theory that language change grows from an epicenter
- 12. how language is used
- 13. theory that suggests that language is a byproduct of imitation and teaching
- 17. arrangements of words in a sentence to create meaning
- 19. spelling
- 20. the part of the writing format where you would introduce the dates and events surrounding when a text was written
- 21. first English settlement in the new world established in 1607
- 22. theory that suggests that there are a finite amount of letters and sounds and thus language change fills in those missing parts
- 23. your argument
- 25. introduces 3 concentric circles in 1985
- 26. word sounds
- 28. wrote his first plays in 1590
- 30. theory that suggests language is a cultural code tied to how it will be used
- 31. language structure