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<p><b>Language change</b> is the process of alteration in the features of a single <a href="page.php?w=language">language</a>, or of languages in general, over time. It is studied in several subfields of <a href="page.php?w=linguistics">linguistics</a>: <a href="page.php?w=historical_linguistics">historical linguistics</a>, <a href="page.php?w=sociolinguistics">sociolinguistics</a>, and <a href="page.php?w=evolutionary_linguistics">evolutionary linguistics</a>. Traditional theories of historical linguistics identify three main types of change: systematic</p><p>
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