English Language A-Level
Causes and explanations of change
What Causes and explanations of change means in English Language A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Causes and explanations of change
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Explanations for why language varies and changes include contact, prestige, identity marking or technological influence, and each should be judged for how convincing it is.
Topics that use Causes and explanations of change
- Language diversity and change (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Attitudes and prescriptivism
- Context and language variation
- Methods of language analysis
- Audiences
- Dialect
- Identity
- Language data collections
- Representation of social groups
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