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Mistakes are the engine of language’s evolution - The Economist

Mistakes are the engine of language’s evolution  The Economist

I BELIEVE THE children are our future,” sang Whitney Houston, making an obvious fact of life sound like a bold claim. Children will of course not only inherit the ...



source https://www.economist.com/books-and-arts/2019/02/02/mistakes-are-the-engine-of-languages-evolution

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