Language in Transition

Worked examples (6)

• 1What borrowing is — and what it is not
• 2The layers of borrowing
• 3Doublets and the register choice
• 4Spotting borrowing and code-switching in a transcript
• 5Purism vs enrichment — the AO2 debate
• 6Connecting borrowing to the wider Unit 2 theme

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — WEN02 Section A · skill drill
• ✓Model answer — WEN02 Section A · skill drill
• ✓Model answer — WEN02 Section A, spoken transcript analysis (AO1, AO4)
• ✓Model answer — WEN02 Section B, language change discussion (AO2, AO3)
• ✓Model answer — WEN02 Section A, spoken transcript analysis (AO1, AO4)
• ✓Model answer — WEN02 Section B, language change discussion (AO2, AO3)

Worked examples (6)

• 1What a pidgin is
• 2How a pidgin becomes a creole
• 3Substrate and superstrate in a contact variety
• 4The creole continuum and decreolisation
• 5Analysing a contact variety in a transcript
• 6Evaluating the 'broken English' stigma

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — WEN02 Section A · skill drill
• ✓Model answer — WEN02 Section A · skill drill
• ✓Model answer — WEN02 Section A, spoken transcript analysis (AO1, AO4)
• ✓Model answer — WEN02 Section B, language change discussion (AO2, AO3)
• ✓Model answer — WEN02 Section A, spoken transcript analysis (AO1, AO4)
• ✓Model answer — WEN02 Section B, language change discussion (AO2, AO3)

Worked examples (6)

• 1How English became a world language
• 2Kachru's three circles
• 3English as a lingua franca
• 4How World Englishes differ — legitimately
• 5Analysing a World English in a transcript
• 6Evaluating the ownership debate

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — WEN02 Section A · skill drill
• ✓Model answer — WEN02 Section A · skill drill
• ✓Model answer — WEN02 Section A, spoken transcript analysis (AO1, AO4)
• ✓Model answer — WEN02 Section B, language change discussion (AO2, AO3)
• ✓Model answer — WEN02 Section A, spoken transcript analysis (AO1, AO4)
• ✓Model answer — WEN02 Section B, language change discussion (AO2, AO3)

Worked examples (6)

• 1The word-formation processes
• 2The semantic-change processes
• 3The drivers of change
• 4Prescriptivism vs descriptivism
• 5Spotting change in a transcript
• 6Evaluating attitudes with the whole Unit 2 in view

Model answers (6)

• ✓Model answer — WEN02 Section A · skill drill
• ✓Model answer — WEN02 Section A · skill drill
• ✓Model answer — WEN02 Section A, spoken transcript analysis (AO1, AO4)
• ✓Model answer — WEN02 Section B, language change discussion (AO2, AO3)
• ✓Model answer — WEN02 Section A, spoken transcript analysis (AO1, AO4)
• ✓Model answer — WEN02 Section B, language change discussion (AO2, AO3)