How new words are born? - Andy Bodle
http://www.theguardian.com/media/mind-your-language/2016/feb/04/english-neologisms-new-words
'English speakers already have over a million words at our disposal – so why are we adding 1,000 new ones a year to the lexicon? And how?'
Form: An article written for the language section for the Guardian Broadsheet Newspaper
Purpose: To entertain as well as inform readers about how and why so many new words are created and printed into the dictionary each year
Audience: The older generations - perhaps around 40+
This article is one in which discusses reasons why we (the English) continuously seem to create new words and it also explains how we create these 'new' words - which is by one of the 13 mechanisms; Derivation, Back formation, Compounding, Repurposing, Conversion, Eponyms, Abbreviations, Loanwords, Onomatopeia, Reduplication, Nonce words, Error or Portmanteaus. The article then goes on to explain briefly that how in the past, some now English words have actually come from other languages such as French and Dutch.
It's what you have to say, not how you say it - Gary Nunn
http://www.theguardian.com/media/mind-your-language/2015/nov/27/its-what-you-have-to-say-not-how-you-say-it
'In an age of linguistic equality, you don’t need to betray your origins or change your accent to be eloquent'
How speech and language determine success in the workplace - Judith Baxter
http://www.theguardian.com/women-in-leadership/2013/jun/03/speech-language-determine-success-workplace
'Do you alter your speech patterns depending on the company you keep? Research shows that women who can speak like men in the boardroom will be more successful at work'
We deride them as ‘migrants’. Why not call them people? - David Marsh
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/aug/28/migrants-people-refugees-humanity
'The term is badly tarnished after years of abuse by those who seek to strip refugees of their humanity'
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