Words that stay and words that go: factors affecting word survival and obsolescence in English

虽然英语中的新词已经受到了相当多的学术关注，但这个项目将解决迄今为止被忽视的单词长期生存或丢失的话题。其目的是系统地识别和评估影响词汇丢失/保留的因素以及心理语言过程在其中的作用。相关因素将应用于历史词样本，以确定它们的影响和相互作用。该项目将有助于理解英语的词汇变化，更广泛地说，将两个目前独立的研究领域——历史词汇变化和词汇在大脑中的处理——联系起来。

While new words in English have received considerable scholarly attention, this project will address the so-far neglected topic of the longer-term survival or loss of words. Its aim is to identify and assess, systematically, the factors influencing lexical loss/persistence and the role in this of psycholinguistic processes. The relevant factors will be applied to historical word samples to determine their effect and interaction. The project will contribute to the understanding of lexical change in English and - more widely - to forging a link between two currently separate fields of enquiry: historical lexical change and the processing of words in the mind.