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Science 27 February 2004:
Vol. 303. no. 5662, pp. 1326 - 1328
DOI: 10.1126/science.303.5662.1326
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From Heofonum to Heavens

Yudhijit Bhattacharjee

Ancient texts as well as computer simulations now help linguists explore how words and grammar evolve over the time scale of centuries, as seen for example in the transformation of Old English into the very different language of Modern English.

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