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    This document summarizes how language evolves and changes over time. It discusses how [1] language borrows words from other languages through trade and migration, [2] new technology leads to new words being invented to describe innovations, and [3] old words can take on new meanings. The types of language changes include lexical, phonetic, spelling, semantic, and syntactic changes. English in particular has undergone dramatic changes over the past millennium, from the Great Vowel Shift to recent additions from other languages and technology. Benefits of this evolution include increased ability to communicate, mental flexibility, problem solving, and understanding of language.

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    This document summarizes how language evolves and changes over time. It discusses how [1] language borrows words from other languages through trade and migration, [2] new technology leads to new words being invented to describe innovations, and [3] old words can take on new meanings. The types of language changes include lexical, phonetic, spelling, semantic, and syntactic changes. English in particular has undergone dramatic changes over the past millennium, from the Great Vowel Shift to recent additions from other languages and technology. Benefits of this evolution include increased ability to communicate, mental flexibility, problem solving, and understanding of language.

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    This document summarizes how language evolves and changes over time. It discusses how [1] language borrows words from other languages through trade and migration, [2] new technology leads to new words being invented to describe innovations, and [3] old words can take on new meanings. The types of language changes include lexical, phonetic, spelling, semantic, and syntactic changes. English in particular has undergone dramatic changes over the past millennium, from the Great Vowel Shift to recent additions from other languages and technology. Benefits of this evolution include increased ability to communicate, mental flexibility, problem solving, and understanding of language.

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    This document summarizes how language evolves and changes over time. It discusses how [1] language borrows words from other languages through trade and migration, [2] new technology leads to new words being invented to describe innovations, and [3] old words can take on new meanings. The types of language changes include lexical, phonetic, spelling, semantic, and syntactic changes. English in particular has undergone dramatic changes over the past millennium, from the Great Vowel Shift to recent additions from other languages and technology. Benefits of this evolution include increased ability to communicate, mental flexibility, problem solving, and understanding of language.

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    Subject: Grammatical History


    Topic: How does language
    evolve and change?
    Worked by: Gesis Piroli,
    Group III-G
    Submitted to: Ergys Bezhani
    • Does language evolve and change?
    • Why does it change over time?
    • Types of change.
    • The benefits of evolving a particular language, in
    this case English.
    • References
    Some linguists think of language as a
    living thing: it grows and changes, and
    every time a child learns it the language
    reproduces itself. Language also varies
    across time. Generation by generation,
    pronunciations evolve, new words are
    borrowed or invented, the meaning of old
    words drifts, and morphology develops or
    decays.  Language is always evolving.
    The English language has changed
    dramatically over the last millennium. It
    change enables us to accommodate new
    ideas, inventions and technologies.It's not
    just the words themselves which change;
    the way in which we use them can shift
    too.
    There are many different ways that this evolution happens. Here are some of the primary
    ways:

    2. Technology and new inventions 3. Old words acquiring new meanings


    1. Trade and migration New words and phrases are also invented to describe Nice is often given as an example of a word
    As cultures interact, mix and trade, language things that didn’t exist before. shift.
    shifts to accommodate these changes. A few years ago we weren’t lured by clickbait and didn’t Over seven hundred years it has changed its
    English, for example, often borrows from other worry about our carbon footprint. It is only recently that meaning from 'foolish' to 'shy', then to
    languages. These are called loanwords. we have taken selfies or listened to podcasts. 'dainty', from there to 'delightful' and to our
    Avatar, tsunami and sudoku are good examples Sometimes these invented words are the fusion of two modern meaning of 'giving pleasure or
    of more recent loanwords. words that existed before. satisfaction'. Some shift!
    These are known as portmanteau words. For example, blog The internet has also been responsible for a
    comes from the combination of web and log. number of more recent word shifts: mouse,
    Also another new words which are used daily are: emoji, surf and web are obvious examples.
    snap, click bait etc.
    Types of change.
    •Lexical changes.
    •Phonetic and phonological changes.
    •Spelling changes.
    •Semantic changes.
    •Syntactic changes.
     
    All aspects of language change, and a great deal is know about
    general mechanisms and historical details of changes at all levels
    of linguistic analysis. However, a special and conspicuous success
    has been achieved in modeling changes in phonological systems,
    traditionally called sound change.Another unconditioned sound
    change that occurred between Middle and Early Modern English
    (around Shakespeare's time) is known as the Great Vowel Shift. At
    that time, there was a length distinction in the English vowels, and
    the Great Vowel Shift altered the position of all the long vowels, in
    a giant rotation.
    Some of the
    benefits of evolving
    a certain language,
    in this case English
    are:

    New skills and


    The ability to Greater new
    words you learn
    communicate in a Increased mental Increased problem- comprehension for
    help increase the
    new modern flexibility. solving abilities. how long language
    level of
    language. works and is used.
    conversation.
    References:
    • https://www.ling.upenn.edu/courses/Fall_2003/ling001/language_chang
    e.html
    • https://www.bbc.co.uk/bitesize/topics/z86qsbk/articles/z7fyb82
    Thank you
    for your
    attention!

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