Language Change and Its Factors

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Language change can develop by itself slowly.

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language change

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Methods of communication consist of use in structured, conventional way conveyed by

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Speech, writing, and gesture.

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Reasons for language change include:

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Language contact, language learning, social differentiation, and natural processes in usage.

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Transmitted from one generation to another.

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Language learning

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Grammar and lexicon are recreated based on input from:

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Parents, Grandparents, Siblings, and Community.

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Language contact

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Random differences that may spread and become fixed, especially in small communities.

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Social differentiation adopts:

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Distinctive norms of dress, adornment, and gesture.

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Distinctiveness in language can be achieved through:

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Vocabulary (slang/jargons), pronunciation, morphological process, and syntactic process.

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Natural processes in usage include:

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Assimilation, dissimilation, syncope, and apocope.

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Conventionalization of processes like metaphor and metonymy leads to:

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Changes in word meaning.