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study of Linguistics

Language changes with history and time. Our perception of words changes. Everything changes, from cooking with a fire to cooking with a microwave. Some examples of the ways language changes are through accents, books, slang, influential people, and historical events. Accents show development of culture over time, maybe through a historical event, such as a new country being found. The people living there might adopt the culture of the founders. Language also changes, from using different sounds in words, which are called phonemes or "segments that differentiate words" (Fromkin and Brace 303). The English language has about 43 different phonemes, such as OH, EE, etc, which make up our language. Different cultures, such as some Indian Tribes, may have more or less phonemes in their language, showing either a lower form of language with less words and sounds, or a higher form with only the necessary sounds and words. Accents also have different languages linked to them. Different letters phrases and even a whole new language may be created in the process of learning the language, over time. It's like a metamorphosis to keep up with the changing world. Letters are called graphemes (Lamb 59)(Friend 128) meaning the 26 letters of the alphabet. There may be more or less in different languages. Different symbols can also be associated with different cultures. The cross is associated with our religion, although it might not be in some other country for example. Also the syntax or "the phase of grammar which deals with the relationship of words in sentences and the grammar and the manner in which words are put together" (Lamb 141) has an effect on the society. There is no "proper" way to write a book, for example, but just a standard way everyone uses. This may be thought of as the "proper" way but some rebels will use no periods and have one long paragraph in a 400-page book. Maybe their culture says it is mandatory to have e...

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