Reasons for Language Change
- Created by: Alice Dainty
- Created on: 25-04-13 16:46
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- Why does language change?
- Due to etymologies and associations, words die out and are not used anymore.
- Pronounciation
- Mishearing / misunderstood
- Aging population / young population
- People get bored of saying the same things all the time
- If words aren't freqeuntly used, they could easily be forgotten or just not be picked up on and are therefore, not used
- People become very aware of how they are perceived
- Media
- Religion
- New words
- Words go in and out of fashion
- Advance in technology
- Invasion, immigration, emmigration
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