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* study of purposes and forms of language | |||
* study of the origin of words | |||
* study of change in meaning of words over time<br /> | |||
=== "Curry a favor" === | === "Curry a favor" === | ||
* excellent demonstration of how language morphs across space and time | * excellent demonstration of how language morphs across space and time | ||