Copies of spoken and written texts, stored electronically. This can include texts, such as newspapers, blogs, speeches, tweets and advertisements.

One way of analyzing language is through corpus linguistics. Usually, the analysis of the corpus data is performed using specialized software and takes into account the frequency of the particular linguistic feature being investigated.

An exact written copy of what has been spoken. This is used to analyse unscripted discourse. Some transcripts use phonetic symbols to represent sounds of the speakers more accurately.

The Great Vowel Shift

where the pronounciation of vowels [particularly long vowels]changed.

often meaning is no longer understood

forming a new word from an existing word

the creation of a new word which people start to use

a word which takes a name of its inventor or discoverer

a group of letters added to the beginning of a word to make a new word

a group of letters added at the end of a word to make a new word

the part of a word which cannot be changed and which can be added to for a change in meaning

forming a word from two/+ units that are themselves words

forming a new word by joining the beginning of one word to the end of another

the phonological process whereby two sounds merge into one

form of clipping where a long word or phrase is shortened and gives a new word in a difference form

where sounds are repeated with identical or very slight change

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Term	Definition
Corpus	Copies of spoken and written texts, stored electronically. This can include texts, such as newspapers, blogs, speeches, tweets and advertisements.
Corpus linguistics	One way of analyzing language is through corpus linguistics. Usually, the analysis of the corpus data is performed using specialized software and takes into account the frequency of the particular linguistic feature being investigated.
Transcript	An exact written copy of what has been spoken. This is used to analyse unscripted discourse. Some transcripts use phonetic symbols to represent sounds of the speakers more accurately.
The Great Vowel Shift	where the pronounciation of vowels [particularly long vowels]changed.
Obsolete	often meaning is no longer understood
Lexis	all the words in a language
Derivation	forming a new word from an existing word
Coinage	the creation of a new word which people start to use
Neologism	a newly invented word
Eponym	a word which takes a name of its inventor or discoverer
Prefix	a group of letters added to the beginning of a word to make a new word
Suffix	a group of letters added at the end of a word to make a new word
Root/Stem	the part of a word which cannot be changed and which can be added to for a change in meaning
Compounding	forming a word from two/+ units that are themselves words
Blending	forming a new word by joining the beginning of one word to the end of another
Coalescence	the phonological process whereby two sounds merge into one
Backformation	form of clipping where a long word or phrase is shortened and gives a new word in a difference form
Reduplication	where sounds are repeated with identical or very slight change

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