Re: THEORY: Sound changes in literate societies
| From: | wayne chevrier <wachevrier@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, June 26, 2002, 16:13 |
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"Karapcik, Mike" nevesht:
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> According to the book "Applied Linguistics", which I read a year
>ago, the changes are motivated by the middle class.
>
Maybe in some instances, but historically most cultures haven't had a middle
class, yet their languages changed.
-Wayne Chevrier
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