/lit/ - Literature

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>Language reflects the thought process and the spiritual quality of a people/nation etc.

Sure

> apart from being unique to the ethnic progenitors in pronunciation, sound structure, alphabet etc.

yeah

>Language is a structure, but before that it was a tool, and this tool has been turned against the faculty of reason as the nation was corrupted.

That's the metanarrative of a frightened man who feels irrelevant. Have more faith in the people and don't be so afraid of them. Speak with them and you will see that they have wisdom.

>the other anon says that the american black has a vital spark in them and that this is good for the english language. it is, but more aptly, IT WAS, because many american black communities are among the most corrupted and degenerated in the USA, and it is from the cutting edge of these communities that the younger folk derive their ignorant slang from.

I've made general points in this thread about phonological evolution in languages, truncation and small quality of life increases and there is this irritation with black people that keeps coming up and that's not really what the thread is about. If y'all wanna go there, fine. Who am I to stop you? I have nothing interesting or worthy to add on that front. I'm not as preoccupied with the subject.

> you're under the misconception that all change is for constructive purposes, and that ignoring the meaning of words and the neglect of using them correctly is a good thing

I never said the change was good or that all change is for constructive purpose. I'm denouncing fear and pedantry. If you think your values are being corroded by the changes in the language then work to reinforce them in your own time. One good way of doing this is actually embracing the change and trying to steer it.

>it is not enough to recognize that languages are supplanted, or are reformed, or are married into another.

I have no objections to this.

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