| Lemma | change of speech |
|---|---|
| Categoria grammaticale | N |
| Lingua | inglese |
| Sigla | Whitney (1875) |
| Titolo | The Life and Growth of language |
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| Citazioni | Political control, social superiority, superiority of culture- these are the leading causes which bring about change of speech. Or rather, these are the added circumstances which, in the case of a mixture of communities, decide which element of population shall give, chiefly or wholly, its tongue to the resulting community. |