chapter 7戴炜栋语言学.pptVIP

“ ” “ ” Chapter 7 Language change Sound change Morphological and syntactic change Vocabulary change Morphological and syntactic change Change in “agreement” rule Change in negation rule Process of simplification Loss of inflections Vocabulary change Addition of new words Loss of words Changes in the meaning of words Addition of new words coinage(创新词) clipped words(缩略词) blending(紧缩法) acronyms(词首字母缩略词) back-formation(逆构词法) functional shift borrowing Coinage ----A new word can be coined outright to fit some purpose, e.g. walkman Kodak Xerox Ford Benz Toyota Clipped wo