- Go over Language Change theories.
- Revise Piaget and Lenneberg's theories.
- Go over key features to use in CLA essays other than theorists.
Language Change Theories/Theorists:
To fix my first target, I have researched two well known Language Change theories and theorists.
Erin McKean
- Erin McKean is a lexicographer who has performed a few TED Talks, a significant one being: 'The Joy of Lexicography'. She's described her job as 'directing traffic of words'.
- She said that online dictionaries are pretty much replica's of physical dictionaries except it has a search engine. She went on to say that physical dictionaries soon won't be the 'physical shape' of the dictionary.
- She also said that we are 'in the dark' about language and the amount of words that are actually used.
David Crystal
- He believes in the theory that says people have the ability to use two dialects of the same language, with people about to adapt their language to meet the needs of different situations.
- He also said that 'the popularity of abbreviating words as our liking of 'linguistic economy' space constraints and technological limits are motivations to help us i.e. texting acronyms and initialisms usually convey message without wasting characters.'
CLA:
Piaget's Theory-Stages of Cognitive Development:
- Piaget stated that children won't learn concept that they don't understand unless they are ready to learn it and understand it.
- He came up with four stages of cognitive development: Sensori-motor, pre-operational, concrete operational and formal operational.
- Lenneberg said that there is a critical period where a child can learn rapidly.
- He stated that after this critical period language development becomes a lot harder.
- An example to prove his theory would be the famous case of 'Genie: the feral child'.
- Hallidays Functions
- Over/under generalisation
- Over/under extension
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