Оригинал на английском:
60. Read the text about language change. Comment on it using some of the ideas after the text. Give your own examples.
The phenomenon of language change probably attracts more public notice and criticism than any other linguistic issue. There is a widely held belief that change in a language is always for the worse. Older people hear the casual speech of the young, and conclude that standards have fallen markedly. They blame most often schools, public broadcasting institutions, etc. Any change from traditional norms often provokes severe criticism.
Here are some ideas:
• new generations want to look and sound different;
• young people do not like hackneyed words, they prefer new forms;
• the tempo of life in the modern world has become faster, people’s speech has become faster, too;
• languages have a tendency to be simplified;
• modern writers often prefer to use simple sentence structures and informal words;
• a lot of borrowings from American English can be found in all European languages.
The phenomenon of language change probably attracts more public notice and criticism than any other linguistic issue. There is a widely held belief that change in a language is always for the worse. Older people hear the casual speech of the young, and conclude that standards have fallen markedly. They blame most often schools, public broadcasting institutions, etc. Any change from traditional norms often provokes severe criticism.
Here are some ideas:
• new generations want to look and sound different;
• young people do not like hackneyed words, they prefer new forms;
• the tempo of life in the modern world has become faster, people’s speech has become faster, too;
• languages have a tendency to be simplified;
• modern writers often prefer to use simple sentence structures and informal words;
• a lot of borrowings from American English can be found in all European languages.