新编简明英语语言学教程 第二 戴炜栋 language change.pptxVIP

Chapter 7 Language change ;Morphological change;Syntactic change;Lexical and semantic change ;Addition of new words;Loss of words ;Changes in the meaning of words ;Widening of meaning;Narrowing of meaning;Meaning shift ;Some recent trends;The influence of science and technology;Causes of the language change ; Simplification elaboration/ complication coexist, e.g. The disappearing of case ending results in rigid sentence structure.