Lemma | change in vocabulary |
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Categoria grammaticale | N |
Lingua | inglese |
Sigla | Sapir (1933a) |
Titolo | Language |
Sinonimi | |
Rinvii | |
Traduzioni | |
Citazioni | Changes in vocabulary are due to a great variety of causes, most of which are of a cultural rather than of a strictly linguistic nature. The most important single source of changes in vocabulary is the creation of new words on analogies which have spread from a few specific words. |