LANGUAGE CHANGE IN THE PROCESSES OF URBANIZATION
Keywords:
Urbanization, language change, linguistic innovation, code-switching, dialect contact, sociolinguistics, urban speech, standardizationAbstract
Urbanization is one of the most influential social processes shaping linguistic development
in the modern era. Rapid migration, demographic shifts, and the expansion of urban spaces lead to the
emergence of new speech practices and accelerate language change. Urban environments often create
conditions where different dialects, sociolects, and languages come into contact, resulting in hybrid
forms of speech, code-switching, and the standardization of linguistic norms. This article explores the
dynamics of language change within urbanization processes, emphasizing how urban spaces function
as laboratories of linguistic innovation. The study also highlights the role of social stratification,
education, and media in reinforcing or transforming urban speech patterns. The findings contribute to
a better understanding of the relationship between sociocultural development and linguistic evolution
in the context of urbanization.
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