LING 320 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Phoneme, Vikings, King James Version
24 Apr 2017
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Main social agenda of sociolinguistics was ridding stigmas around non-standard varieties of. English, particularly aae because of long history of prejudice and exclusion. Labov famous for advancing idea that aae is a legitimate, systematic language and grammar. Many studies of aae come out during this time. Language change is a universal phenomenon; all languages change all the time. If a language is not changing, it is dead (e. g. latin) Sociolinguistics interested in actual language change as it occurs within the community. Takes place in denmark, beowulf called to get rid of monster in king"s court. Written in a time while anglo-saxons still lived in mainland europe. System of germanic alliteration pattern (s s s in a line, d-d-d in another etc. ) Stories of a martyr (cantebury) who became martyr of catholicism, people made pilgrimage to cantebury after the fact. Norman invasion results in addition of romance vocabulary, simpli cation of grammar, changes in the rhyming of poetic verse.
