Dictionaries from 1700's to today
Grammar guides 1700s to today
Prescriptive attitudes through time (examples)
What is prescriptivism? Use Jean Aitchison's metaphors
Fairclough's informalisation with some examples of real texts
Standardisation
The Great Vowel Shift
Shakespeare's impact on language - then and now (why is English suited to acquiring coinages?)
The effect of social media on language change
Textisms then and now
Pidgins and creoles
World Englishes and English as a lingua granca
Political correctness
Why do words get invented and become obsolete (incremental and decremental change)?
Reasons for language change summary
Examples of words that have changed using different terminology and relating to reasons for language change.
