What is the proper terminology for the changes that occur in a text throughout history?
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The term "textual mutations" can describe gradual changes in received works. Whether founded in errors or in judgment calls, they accumulate over time, as you observed.
That said, there might be more substantive answers on the Linguistics.SE.
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