One set of causes, events, and associations would act on one, and another set on another; sectional differences would soon arise, and, for speaking purposes, what philologists call a dialectical difference often amounts to real and total difference: no connected interchange of thought is possible any longer.
Bagehot explains how different influences lead to dialectical differences in language, ultimately resulting in a breakdown of communication between groups.
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