Change from above

That is, speakers are generally aware of the linguistic change and use it to sound more dominant, as a result of social pressure.

Change from above usually enters the speech of educated people, not the vernacular dialects.

However, the concepts of change from above and below refer to consciousness and not social class.

Women often lead in these kinds of variation and in change from above in general.

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