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Understanding Corpus Data for Language Change
Text B for the language change question is quite useful, but only after you figure it out. In this video, I explain what a corpus is, walk you through a past paper example using collocates of the word proud, and show you what an actual corpus looks like so you know exactly where this data…
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Remember the English Word Formation Types with a Simple Acronym
Remembering all the ways new words are formed in the English language doesn’t have to be hard. In this video, I discuss a useful little acronym, CATBAC, which serves as a simple memory tool covering the major types of lexical change and word formation you need to know for Paper 3, Question 1 of the…
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Theories & Concepts of Child Language Aquisition
This PDF discusses five important theories/concepts related to child language acquisition and how to apply them to an analysis. The theories/concepts are: behaviorism, nativism, the language acquisition support system, cognitive development theory, and functional theory.
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Theories of Language Change
This resource discusses eight important theories and concepts related to language change: semiotics theory, functional theory, substratum theory, the s-curve model, prescriptivism, descriptivism, theory of lexical gaps, and random fluctuation theory.
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Why You Should Read Poe
Edgar Allan Poe was one America’s greatest 19th Century writers, and his work could very well be the key that allows you to unlock paper 3.
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Child Language Acquisition – Guided Practice
Let’s go step-by-step through a child language acquisition question from a past paper and discuss how to formulate a strong response.
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