Two types of language change can be characterized as linguistic drift: a unidirectional short-term and cyclic long-term drift. == Short-term unidirectional drift == According to Sapir, drift is the unconscious change in natural language.
Two types of language change can be characterized as linguistic drift: a unidirectional short-term and cyclic long-term drift. == Short-term unidirectional drift == According to Sapir, drift is the unconscious change in natural language.
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