Activity for Jirka Hanika
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| Edit | Post #278383 | Initial revision | — | over 3 years ago |
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A: How do linguists determine historical pronunciation? Language change, including phonetic changes, proceeds slowly and for the most part without language users being fully in control, or even aware of it. (You might ask why. The intentional component of language change for a speaker is limited by the listener's capability of understanding their "wanna... (more) |
— | over 3 years ago |