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And yet these micro-changes can cumulatively alter the typological character of a language (a macro-change). Other chapters explore links between micro-change and macro-change, using devices such as grammar competition at the individual and population level, recurring diachronic pathways, and links between acquisition biases and diachronic processes.
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