Evolution
Why did we drop the gh in Eight?
Because of a large amount of French words and sounds from English dialects which changed English Vowels
What does a language need to have to be a language?
The writer of Jaberwocky
Lewis Carroll
Why is there no 'u' in words like Color, Favorite, if British write Colour, Favourite?
To make the spelling simpler, since no one pronounces the 'u'.
The minimum amount of vocabulary needed to make a language.
Nouns and Verbs. (For more complicated languages, adjectives.)
The person who defined language as "a structured means of communication consisting of grammar and vocabulary".
Why do languages evolve?
Languages evolve for many reasons:
Creation of new ideas/objects
Borrowing words from other languages
A big event which changed the world
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What do languages do almost always? (Hint, has to do with borrowing foreign words.)
All languages need to evolve. Without evolution, a language becomes outdated, not having the inclusion of new ideas.
Who wrote Alice's Adventures in Wonderland
Lewis Carroll. (Fun fact, his actual name is Charles Lutwidge Dodgson)
Why do we write LOL, OMG or GGs?
It is much easier to write abbreviations, rather then to write the fullm words.
Does grammar give meaning to text?
Yes! Jabberwocky has many made up words, but still has meaning. It is about a boy who went into a forest and saw the Jabberwock.
The linguist who made Elvish
J.R.R. Tolkien