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Download full textBaron, Dennis E. – 1975
The lexicon of present-day English is changing rapidly and regularly, and a description and explanation of this change is necessary for any comprehensive diachronic theory. An examination of a corpus of 500 new words collected during 1975 provides the basis for a typology of lexical change that both supports and suggests modifications for the…
Descriptors: Diachronic Linguistics, English, Language Styles, Language Usage
