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How Do Changes Spread Thorough A Language?: An Example From Sound Change
How Do Changes Spread Thorough A Language?: An Example From Sound Change
Rachael-Anne Knight
Language Change
rachaelanne@cantab.net
Inset Session University of Reading
www.rachaelanne.co.uk
July 2004
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100
Number of Words
150
Activity: a. Plot the numbers above on the following graph. What sort of shape do you get?
b. Can you think of any pairs that are still unaffected?
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