Proportion of people attending University in the 1920s and 30s
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Proportion of people attending University today
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World War One and Two
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Social change mirrored in language due to the shift towards increasing informality in many contexts
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We are living in a time of increased informalisation - language once reserved for close personal relationships now used in wider social contexts
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Influence of different forms of languages that come into contact with English affects how it changes. Popular culture and immigration are main causes of the changes. Language from community below 'standard form' comes into and is adopted by standard
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Spread of English as a global language disadvantages other languages, causing them to die out
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English Language is adopted as a common language between speakers whos native languages are different
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English is spoken as a first language (UK, USA, Canada etc). Norm providing - English Language norms developed in these countries
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English is a second language (India, Singapore etc). Countries own varieties of English developing
