Joel Stringfellow (njyoder) wrote in linguaphiles,
Joel Stringfellow
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Timeline of vocabulary increase

Have there been any studies analyzing the increase of vocabulary in different languages over time? By vocabulary, I'm only referring to additions that refer to new things which words haven't existed for before. Mostly I'd be interested in nouns, but other parts of speech would be interesting as well.

I think such a timeline would provide great insight into how the culture(s) that use the language change. As new words arise, they reflect an understanding of new concepts.
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