The study of linguisticsLanguage changes with history and time. Our perception of words changes. Everything changes, from cooking with fire to cooking with the microwave. Some examples of the ways language changes occur through accents, books, slang, influential people, and historical events. Accents show the development of culture over time, perhaps through a historical event, such as the discovery of a new country. The people living there could adopt the culture of the founders. Language also changes, due to the use of different sounds in words, called phonemes or “word-differentiating segments” (Fromkin and Brace 303). The English language has around 43 different phonemes, such as OH, EE, etc., which make up our language. Different cultures, such as some Indian tribes, may have more or fewer phonemes in their language, showing a lower form of language with fewer words and sounds, or a higher form with only the necessary sounds and words. Even accents have different languages ​​attached to them. Over time, during the language learning process, sentences of different letters and even a completely new language can be created. It's like a metamorphosis to keep up with the changing world. The letters are called graphemes (Lamb 59) (Friend 128) which means the 26 letters of the alphabet. There may be more or less of them in different languages. Different symbols can also be associated with different cultures. The cross is associated with our religion, although for example it may not be so in some other countries. Syntax or “the phase of grammar that deals with the relationship of words in sentences and the grammar and way words are put together” (Lamb 141) also has an effect on society. There is no "correct" way to w... middle of paper... and the daily change is so subtle that most of the time we don't even notice it. But if we were catapulted into the future, we would find it foreign because we don't know its language and cultures. Historical influences can unite two cultures, destroy many, and create new ones. We all have different opinions about what language is and how it changes. Those stated are mine alone and those of the authors in my bibliography, and may change as we share information with others, taking their ideas and using our own as I have done through my research and essay. Our standards and meanings of words also change, our sounds and syntax grow to accommodate new concepts. New concepts help us understand the world; new concepts are realized with time and necessity. Language is a wonderful thing that we all use and modify to suit our needs.