Why Language Changes
- Created by: sally_p
- Created on: 18-02-19 16:15
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- Why language changes
- External factors
- invasions
- technology
- politics
- youth culture
- changes from above
- Plain English Campaign
- anti discrimination laws
- Academie Francais
- functional theory
- language changes to suit users' needs
- archaic words naturally fall out of use
- random fluctuation theory
- language change is random
- Charles Hockett = we make mistakes that get passed on
- internal factors
- brevity
- laziness
- creativity
- External factors
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