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Explain the process by which language changes. Why do such changes make the spatial search for language origins so problemaic?
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This wouldn't be homework would it?
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There is no single vehiclefor language change- technology requires new vocab, geographical movement the same, etc. The spatial search becomes more difficult as you go further back because there no written records of words.
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