-Language is affected by:
- Historical events. - war / invasion - flux of new words.
- Geographical issues - Immigration - introduction of new variations of the native language.
- Social factors - friends / social life.
- Politics - political correctness - being told to 'label' things in certain terms.
- Education - subjects taught / language used / the amount of people who are educated.
- Technology - technological advances, names for new products / features etc.
- Fashion - blending - eg, Jeggings.
- Slang - colloquial language - Chav.
- Old English - 400 - 1150.
- Middle English - 1150 - 1450.
- Early Modern English - 1450 -1700
- Contempary (Late Modern English) - 1700 - present.
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