GROWTH DEVELOPMENT CHILD
LEARNING THEORIES
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Geographical distance can have an effect on how quickly a language change spreads.
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Technology development can have an effect on how quickly a language change spreads.
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Society can have an effect on how quickly a language change spreads.
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Media can have an effect on how quickly a language change spreads.
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Detailed explanation-1: -In historical linguistics, the wave model or wave theory (German Wellentheorie) is a model of language change in which a new language feature (innovation) or a new combination of language features spreads from its region of origin, affecting a gradually expanding cluster of dialects.
Detailed explanation-2: -Bailey C.J. (1973) – Wave Model: how changes weaken exponentially across a particular geographical region & across different social groups.
Detailed explanation-3: -According to the “gravity” model of linguistic dynamics, large population centers exert a force on smaller ones in proportion to the production of their populations, just as the presence of large heavenly bodies exerts a force on smaller ones in proportion to the product of their masses.