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    The document discusses the convergence model of languages, which outlines 5 stages: 1) the emergence of language groups, 2) the growth of groups, 3) linguistic fragmentation through separation, 4) increased contact between groups through mobility and technology resulting in overlap and universality, 5) the establishment of one standard language for communication between all groups. It also addresses the positioning of languages within society and fields, with one often becoming more efficient, leading to the extinction of smaller languages and repression or language shifts due to colonization, social mobility or economic strengths.

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    The document discusses the convergence model of languages, which outlines 5 stages: 1) the emergence of language groups, 2) the growth of groups, 3) linguistic fragmentation through separation, 4) increased contact between groups through mobility and technology resulting in overlap and universality, 5) the establishment of one standard language for communication between all groups. It also addresses the positioning of languages within society and fields, with one often becoming more efficient, leading to the extinction of smaller languages and repression or language shifts due to colonization, social mobility or economic strengths.

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    The document discusses the convergence model of languages, which outlines 5 stages: 1) the emergence of language groups, 2) the growth of groups, 3) linguistic fragmentation through separation, 4) increased contact between groups through mobility and technology resulting in overlap and universality, 5) the establishment of one standard language for communication between all groups. It also addresses the positioning of languages within society and fields, with one often becoming more efficient, leading to the extinction of smaller languages and repression or language shifts due to colonization, social mobility or economic strengths.

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    Jef De Lombaerde Page 1 10-8-2008

    CONVERGENCE MODEL of LANGUAGES


    From divergence to convergence

    1. come into existence of a language group


    2. growth of a language group
    3. linguistic fragmentation as a result of separation and geographical spread,
    few contact between distant language groups
    4. more contact between language groups in a growing number of spaces (by
    increased mobility, communication technology and virtual space), more
    overlapment, concentration and tendency toward universality
    5. one standard language for communication between all groups
    Jef De Lombaerde Page 2 10-8-2008

    Position of a language in fields of the society

    There is often an evolutionary logic in these fields (survival of the fittest),


    because one language is more efficient than two languages

    Extinction of small languages due to the growth of big languages

    Repression of languages (colonisation) and language


    shift (upwards social mobility; learning a language with economic strength)

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