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I think this is a naive view. Language does not develop “organically,” unless your definition of organic includes media corporations, university boards, and hun
by keiferski 2y ago
I think this is a naive view. Language does not develop “organically,” unless your definition of organic includes media corporations, university boards, and hundreds of other institutions which use their wealth to influence society. The idea that individual speakers of a language just independently start using specific words or phrases (or pushing the ideas behind those words) without any input or influence is simply not true.