By reference to BOTH texts (J and K) and to ideas from language study, describe and comment on what these texts show about language change over time.
Bear in mind the following helpful prompts when planning:
- What are the comparable factors and how do they help you to explore change?
- How are the techniques suitable for the target audiences of that time and how might audiences of the other time react or what might be changed to suit them?
- What are the significant aspects of each text that are worth commenting on and how can you link those to terminology, theory and context?
Really try hard by yourself but help one another rather than be stuck and write nothing - Gender issues are going to be of relevance here, so don't forget to brush up on those. I would rather have a shorter, well-informed response today so use Moodle or internet research IF YOU HAVE TO.
Plan: Text K is quite informal and casual along with it being friendly to try and gather a following where as Text J is an opinion that is quite formal and well written.
Text K intimate 'vagina' and 'brazilians'
Text J ' Opinion based.
Text K uses 'us' and 'we'
Text J 'Mistress' has changed a lot and has undergone pejoration.
The two texts, one being a preface to Isabella Beetons 'Book of Household management' and the other being the back cover of Caitlin Moran's 'How to be a woman' are both from very different time era's 150 years apart and due to this are very different even know they are likely to have the same female primary audience of a similar age range. .
