Plan and write a response to the texts I will give you, based on the following question and post to your blogs:

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?

When writing up, remember to be tentative, evaluative, to mine the quote and to systematically refer to context.

Text J:
'Mistress' is semantic derogation, and it is a broadened word which now has a negative meaning whereas 'master' still has the strong, positive meaning.

This text is very well written and is spoken in a very formal tone - It has a lot of detail and is very opinionated.

It says that gentlemen are surgeons and solicitors(high professions) and you wouldn't expect a woman to have this job. This is like when we automatically presume that women are nurses when lots of men are too.

Text K

This is spoken in a very informal tone, and the writer Caitlin Morgan is very friendly and interactive with her readers by using 'us' and 'we' a lot.

It says 'Part memoir, part rant' - rant has a negative connotation normally so the reader needs to have some pragmatic awareness like that of Charlie Brooker.