CO SCI 136 Lecture Notes - Lecture 26: Language Change, Daughter Language, Deficit Spending
Document Summary
Language death: separation of speakers, cultural change ( picture once represented only paintings, now: any visual, social change (e. g. technical words enter standard vocabulary) The family tree theory: linguistics affected by darwin, theories of language change in analogy to biological theories, use of terms like sister, mother, daughter language, schleicher: similarities/differences among related languages comply with rules. The origin of english: reconstructed parent language: indo-european (c. 5000 bc, no written or other records, reconstructed forms preceded by * (asterisk, comparative method: reconstruction based on observed sound correspondences. Denalagu: meaning danish law , region in england after conquering of the kingdoms in 867, east: areas of danish settlements, west: areas of norwegian settlements. The old english language: earliest attestations around 700, sample: lindisfarne gospels. Verb conjugation: strong verbs: 6 main classes, all use gradation (vowel alteration within root, weak verbs: 2 main classes, depending entirely on endings, past tense: + dental suffix.
