A Historical Linguist Would Be Most Likely to Study

question 49

Multiple Choice

A historical linguist would be most likely to study:

• A) a nonstandard variation of a language that is particular to a specific region.
• B) the development of language over time, including its changes and variations.
• C) the way that linguistic variants alternate back and forth, depending on the context.
• D) the way that variation in language appears gradually over distance between places.

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