LANGUAGE AS A LIVING ORGANISM: GROWTH, CHANGE, AND DEATH OF WORDS
Keywords:
Language, words, language changes, communication, organism.Abstract
Language is the living breath of humanity – growing, adapting and carrying within every word the heartbeat of the people who speak it. Therefore, it is always described as an organism because it grows through communication, changes and sometimes it loses parts of itself which are no longer needed. The research aims to understand why these changes happen and what they reveal about the society. It also shows that language is not a fixed system but a living form of expression.
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