The study of Language by George Yule (2006)
New words
Philology: the study of language history and change
Diachronic variation: differences resulting from change over a period time, in contrast to synchronic variation
Synchronic variation: differences in language form found in different places at the same time, in contrast to diachronic variation
Study questions
1 Bengali, Hindi-Indic; English, Norwegian-Germanic; Farsi, Pashto-Iranian, Gaelic, Welsh-Celtic; Italian, Portuguese-Italic; Polish, Ukrainian-Slavic
2 Cognates are words in different languages that have similar form and meaning.
3 cosa, cabo, capra
4 bacon, beef, veal, venison-from French, calf, deer, ox, pig-from Old English
5 a) metathesis b) prosthesis c) epenthesis
6 narrowing of meaning
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