Functional Theory
- Created by: Caitriona Doherty
- Created on: 29-03-14 11:13
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Functional Theory
- States that language changes according to the needs of its users
- Words become obsolete and drop out of usage, and the changing worlds of industry and technology reveal this keenly
- Terms from the age of sailing ships, like oakum, have all but gone
- Even 20th-century words like vinyl, LP, cassette and 12 inch are on the wane as music technology advances
- Even in recent…
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