Презентация на тему Language change (the traditional view)

pe art on heofonum...

Middle English: Fader oure pat is

i heuen…

Early Modern English: Our father which art in heaven…

Modern English: Our father who is in heaven…

over time to English speakers.


K in knit and knife

was not silent in the fifteenth century

Knight not only began with a [k], it had a fricative sound in the middle represented by the letters gh.

used in a community- but with no language contact

as causative agent)
Linguistic reasons – articulation
E.g. change from strong to weak would be to dive: dived (former dove) or prove : prooved (former proven as past participle)
Externally motivated (resulting from contact with another language variety or other speakers) Social Reasons- issue of prestige.