How Does a Language Change Over Time?

Languages grow and change like living things. Imagine a language is like a big, friendly tree, people add new leaves (words) and sometimes change the shape of old ones (meanings). Over time, these changes make the tree look different than it did before.

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A kid today might say cool when their parent said nice.
People who live near the ocean often use words like sail, dock, and wave more than people in cities do.
The word text used to mean a message you wrote, but now it can also be something you read.

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