Language Change Event
- CURIE:
gmeow:LanguageChangeEvent - IRI: https://blackcatinformatics.ca/gmeow/LanguageChangeEvent
- Category: class
- Defined by:
gmeow:slices/languages - Box roles: TBox role (What is this?)
A historical linguistic change — sound shifts, semantic drift, borrowing, spelling reform, grammatical change, lexical innovation, standardization, language contact, extinction, revival, or revitalization. Follows the LanguageCreation pattern as an Activity subclass; change type is an open value vocabulary (gmeow:LanguageChangeType) and affected languages are linked via gmeow:affectedLanguage. Temporal placement and participation reuse the universal events machinery.
Structure
Subclass of: gmeow:Activity
Practical Pattern
Use gmeow:LanguageChangeEvent as a specialized kind of gmeow:Activity. Add statement metadata or a standpoint when the assertion needs provenance, confidence, or vantage.