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#630 - Valerie Fridland - Why Is Everyone Saying ‘Like’ and ‘Um’ All The Time?
Modern Wisdom
The Evolution of Languages
Languages don't always get simpler, certain types tend to get less complex over time due to factors like the number of speakers and non-native learners, which causes language to simplify over time./nThe complexity of the rules that babies are born into and able to acquire due to their greater cognitive plasticity does not exist as widely in languages spoken by non-native speakers./nRules that are less transparent to pick up atrophy over time, resulting in language simplification.
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