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| Subject: | parent and daughter languages |
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| Question: |
I have read in several publications that the further the daughter language is from the ''epicentre'' the less change it undergoes. (I am not thinking of isolated language communities eg welsh in patagonia, but mainstream eg romance languages in europe) why is this? |
| From: | Carolyn Llewelyn |
| Date: | 11-Oct-2012 |
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