Text A, an extract from an uncle to nephew about advice on going to Oxford. Written by Edwarn Berens, in 1832; the time period of late modern english. Which means that the lexis and linguistic choices haven't changed dramatically. Late modern English to modern day English has had its changes, but the majority of the phrases used then are still used today. For example, in text A it says “good taste”, and “correct judgment”. If you then look in text B, which is a resource of words that were used from the year of 1980 to 1993, phrases such as ‘good taste’ are still said today. However, ‘correct judgment’ is not used currently, according to text B.
Text A is about an uncle giving advice to a nephew about going to Oxford and what he should be doing, how he should exploit and carry himself. According to the date that was on the text that was written by Edward Berens, the time period suggests that it was set in the late modern English era. This means that the English hasn't changed much since this time era, it can be difficult to understand some of the time, but it's not unreadable, like Old English. Some of the lexis that Edwarn Berens uses in the story about the uncle and the nephew, indeed are some lexis that we still use today. The phrases that are said in text A for instance, “good taste” and “correct judgment”. Text B, is a report on words that were used between the years 1980 to 1993 in British English. (The phrases from text A; “good taste” and “correct judgment”.) One of these is no longer used anymore. The semantics, the report of text B, said that the phrase “correct judgment” is not in use anymore. The reason that it's no longer used anymore is because it is archaic.
The Language change from 1832 to today's linguistics terms are not much different from each other. The English language has changed structurally because of the social aspect meaning that the language is always changing due to the needs of the user. Also in the ways that the words are Interpreted. This is protected by functional theory, by Simon Dik’s. Another modification that may have affected the decrease in the use of the expression “correct judgment”, could be since not enough people in that time period said it. Understanding that the expression never expanded passed the year 1832. Inclusion in the pragmatic of the British English language of the phrase “correct judgment” wasn't applied frequently in any time period. Infectious disease theory is secured by the previous statement about the term, which happened to be used in 1832, but no in today's early Modern English.
Text A uses the term “are apt to be” which this term is much like the terms or phrases that are said today. Examples are “tend to be” and “are likely to be” which are seen in text C. Text C is a chart showing all three of these phrases and how often they were used, starting at the time period 1800 and ending at the time period of 2000. This random sample that was taken between those centennials, which to text C the least used has always been “are apt to be”. As you can tell all three of these syntax are very similar, therefore this is the lexical gaps that we have in Modern English as well. Lexicals gaps, Occur when what word in a syntax or phrase is absent or replaced. As seen in the syntax examples the only word that tends to change is the first or middle word in the phrase. That is because the word is being taken out or replaced. Example of lexical substitution is when ‘apt’ is being replaced with ‘likely’ in the term “are likely to be”. Example of a lexical removal is when ‘are’ is taken out of the syntax completely, in the phrase “tend to be”. This is all shown in text C. The n-gram graph also shows that “tend to be” and “are likely to be” have always been higher in usage compared to “are apt to be”. This is also due to one of the previous theories that have been talked about in paragraph 3. Infectious disease theory which goes off that people say what they hear.
Morphology and example of when this is used is the text, is in text A the word “belonging” which this word can be broken down into how it was structured. For instance, be-, “long”, -ing. Edwarn Berens had added a prefix and suffix to the root of the word “long” to morph into a new word to create a different definition and to prolong understanding of the word. In the end it creates a conversion word.
A word sketch of what has been said here, is that late modern English hasn't changed that much compared to present day english. We still Frequently use the same properties in building blocks that the late modern English era used as well.
Hi Payton!
ReplyDeleteFor AO2, you received a level 3 with having a clear expression of your content when saying, ‘The English language has changed structurally because of the social aspect meaning that the language is always changing due to the needs of the user’ which makes you have a complete understanding of the text with not being off task. Your content is relevant with your ideas being developed clearly like when you said, ‘Inclusion in the pragmatic of the British English language of the phrase “correct judgment” wasn't applied frequently in any time period’ which makes your ideas great.
For AO4, you received a level 4 with stating the author’s name many times in the blog, use of buzz words such as, ‘linguistic’, ‘lexis’, late modern English’, ‘semantics’, ‘structurally’, ‘syntax’, ‘prefix’, and ‘suffix’ along with the usage of the theories like the ‘functional theory’ with explaining why the language changes.
For AO5, you received a level 3 with having a clear and appropriate selection of language with your word usage for all three sources, like in Text A, ‘English hasn't changed much since this time era, it can be difficult to understand some of the time’, Text B ‘phrases such as ‘good taste’ are still said today’, and Text C ‘The n-gram graph also shows that “tend to be” and “are likely to be” have always been higher in usage compared to “are apt to be” ‘ which makes it be clear. You had a clear analysis of language data like when you said, ‘For instance, be-, “long”, -ing. Edwarn Berens had added a prefix and suffix to the root of the word “long” to morph into a new word’ it makes it clear that you analyzed the text perfectly with understanding the text of how Berens added a prefix and suffix to the root of the word.
Great Job! 14/25
Payton
ReplyDeleteFor AO2,
Your Blog is properly structured and has a basic level of clear expression with the use of mostly relevant content and ideas that are developed despite being limited and not concise to the prompt at times. In your first paragraph you state ‘Which means that the lexis and linguistic choices haven't changed dramatically’ while this is a good idea to further delve into it doesn’t follow the prompt which asks how language has changed since the publication of Text A and the relation of the other texts. In your response you repeat yourself many times and the paragraphs all seem to consist of the same idea which is as you state ‘English hasn’t changed much since this time era’.
1/5
For AO4,
Your understanding of linguistic terms and theories was clear in your blog and I could tell that you had a previous knowledge and understanding of linguistic terms, theories, and approaches. Despite this, your application of knowledge wasn’t fully on the topic of the prompt and at times you failed to elaborate on your connection of your knowledge to the texts. In the future I would be more in-depth and make an effort to connect pieces of semantics and linguistics to your knowledge of changes in language.
2/5
For AO5,
Your analysis of the actual texts was very limited and at times your paragraphs lacked a specific direction. If you had structured and organized your synthesis of data from the sources you might have had a stronger and more detailed response with the knowledge on language that you demonstrate in attempts to connect the language to theories, approaches, and data. Your response had the potential to score well however the contextualisation and application of your knowledge needs to be more varied and descriptive if you want to score higher in the future.
3/15
Hi Payton,
ReplyDeleteAO2 - 3 marks:
Your blog had clear expression with a few occasional errors that didn’t really impede communication. For the most part, your content is relevant and your ideas are developed clearly but you repeat yourself a little bit at the start. You explained what text A is and what kind of English it used twice.
AO4 - 3 marks:
You showed a clear understanding of, and appropriate reference to, linguistic issues, concepts, methods and approaches. One example is when you bring up the concept of ‘morphology’ when analyzing text A.
AO5 - 7 marks:
Clear and appropriate selection of language data from at least two sources. Limited analysis of language data, you brought up examples from the text, but they weren’t explained enough.. Limited synthesis of evidence from at least two sources of language data. For example, you brought up and explained the morphology and syntax changes but they weren’t explained enough.
For AO2 I would give you a 1. Almost every sentence lacks coherence so it was very hard to understand what points are really being made. For example, the sentence, ‘Inclusion in the pragmatic of the British English language of the phrase “correct judgment” wasn't applied frequently in any time period.’
ReplyDeleteFor AO4 I would give you a 1. Many references to linguistic concepts and theories were mentioned, but they were thrown in in places where they did not make sense. For example, your talk of lexical gaps when discussing phrases with similar syntax.
For AO5 I would give you a 1. Analysis is very limited due to the lack of evidence and coherent explanations linking linguistic concepts and to language change. Some explanations there just don’t make sense when used with the term listed. For example, your discussion of the infectious disease theory lowering the use of the phrase ‘correct judgment.’
4/25