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Title: How do historical linguists study language changes over time in non-written languages?
Post by: Mrs_Wabbit on Jul 7, 2016
How do historical linguists study language changes over time in non-written languages?
a.   They find informants who have studied the history of their own language.
b.   They use folktales and songs, which maintain the older language structure.
c.   They compare contemporary languages that are similar.
d.   They cannot – they are limited to studying languages with a writing system.


Title: Re: How do historical linguists study language changes over time in non-written languages?
Post by: ivanka on Jul 27, 2016
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Title: Re: How do historical linguists study language changes over time in non-written languages?
Post by: Mrs_Wabbit on Aug 13, 2016
Really appreciate the time you took to answer.

*thank you*