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Causes of language change
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... Causes of language change The English language is one that is always and will never stop developing and changing. Dr Johnson and Jonathan Swift both tried to fix the language and both strived to make sure the language could never change. However, they both realised that this is an impossible feat. There are many factors that cause language to develop and change. These factors fall into two classifications. These are 'External' and 'Internal' External factors are to do with language chance that is not of the individuals personal needs. Such as factors that have predominated through an external social force. An example of an external factor would be the ever-changing developments of technology. If something new comes into society then a lexical term needs to be to brought in for a referee. An example for technological developments would be 'floppy disk' 15 years ago this was considered a brand new lexical development, but
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