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Define historical linguistics on a short passage.

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Answered by gurpreetkaur79359

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Historical Linguistics is the study of how languages have changed over time. Some changes happen because of slow (maybe incremental) changes within the language, such as in pronunciation or in the meaning of a word. Other changes happen because of contact with speakers of other languages.

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