Re: Is language development evolutionary, or designed by the culture?

>>>>> "David" == David Wright <dwrightsr@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:

David> The major example to all of us is English, which contains a
David> vast number of French words and expressions primarily due
David> to the Norman conquest. I suspect that even morphology and
David> syntac as well semantics were also heavily influenced by
David> these events.

Of course. English now uses "more" and "most" to form the comparative
and superlative for adjectives of 3 or more syllables. That's a very
non-Germanic feature.



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