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I do wonder if language change might start to slow down, however. Now that we have so much written language from the past, won't that have a sort of fossilizin
by joshdavham 2mo ago
I do wonder if language change might start to slow down, however.
Now that we have so much written language from the past, won't that have a sort of fossilizing effect on the language? For example, prior to writing systems, people had no idea how their ancestors communicated. Now with written text and audio recordings, we know in great detail how our language used to be used.
- bonoboTP 2mo agoAlso it seems to me that modern borrowings and loan words are more faithful to the original version, while before widespread writing it was more butchered and twisted into the target language's phonology and only approximately imitated how it sounded. Because the loaners often didn't speak that language well and went by the ear, and third hand accounts.