Words Words Words 13: Viking Visibility Week
Young Heretics
Language Evolution: Assimilation of Loanwords and Phrases
Languages assimilate loanwords and phrases over time, gradually incorporating them into the language. English absorbs loanwords and adapts their usage, evolving to integrate them naturally. This assimilation process can be observed in the retention of plurals from borrowed words and the preservation of grammatical structures from other languages, such as with phrases from Asian languages. Despite linguistic differences, English incorporates foreign elements by adapting their usage to fit the language's structure, illustrating a continuous evolution of language through integration.
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