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Wave model
/wˈeɪv mˈɒdəl/
/wˈeɪv mˈɑːdəl/
Wave model
[NOUN]1
a sociolinguistic model that describes language changes and shifts over time as occurring in waves or successive stages, typically associated with the movement and interaction of different speech communities
synonyms : wave theory