Ulanska, Tatjana and Kuzmanovska, Dragana and Todorova, Marija and Kirova, Snezana (2020) Extra linguistic factors behind lexical change in modern English, Spanish and German. INTED2020 Proceedings 14th International Technology, Education and Development Conference. pp. 2307-2311. ISSN 2340-1079
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Abstract
This paper aims to present the reasons for lexical change in modern English, Spanish and German.
Grammar and phonetics within a language are relatively closed systems, whereas the lexicon of any
language is determined and adapted to the constant changes from both the community where the
language is used, but also from the global influence. Therefore, the lexical system is a rather open
system, which is a logical consequence of our ever-changing world. This paper will present and
discuss both internal (linguistic) and external (extra linguistic) factors as reasons for language change.
The focus, however, will be on exploring the extra linguistic factors related to lexical change, lexical
addition and loss in an era of increasing global technological improvements and mobility. The
sociolinguistic, political, contact induced influence, historical, technological motivation and other
external factors will be discussed in the paper as the extra linguistic motivation that lies behind this
process of language change in the mentioned three languages. The reasons for the constant change
of languages is difficult to determine. The same global influence often serves as different factor in
different languages or communities. The paper will compare the motivation for lexical change in these
three languages and it would finally provide an insight of the most influenced fields and spheres of life
where innovations and alterations occur.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Lexical change, English language, Spanish language, German language, extra linguistic factor. |
| Subjects: | Humanities > Languages and literature |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Philology |
| Depositing User: | Snezana Kirova |
| Date Deposited: | 31 Aug 2020 07:15 |
| Last Modified: | 31 Aug 2020 07:15 |
| URI: | https://eprints.ugd.edu.mk/id/eprint/24262 |
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