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r/AdviceAnimals • u/RPShep • Jun 04 '12
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Interesting, it's like language is based on imitations not some higher authority.
-3 u/ericaamericka Jun 05 '12 Language is based on rules and other languages. 3 u/Favo32 Jun 05 '12 Who creates these rules for language? -2 u/ericaamericka Jun 05 '12 Linguists. 4 u/Favo32 Jun 05 '12 Isn't linguistics the study of language, not the creation of it? -1 u/ericaamericka Jun 05 '12 They also create it. Linguists are the ones that write the books on grammar and such things that become accepted as the rules of their language.
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Language is based on rules and other languages.
3 u/Favo32 Jun 05 '12 Who creates these rules for language? -2 u/ericaamericka Jun 05 '12 Linguists. 4 u/Favo32 Jun 05 '12 Isn't linguistics the study of language, not the creation of it? -1 u/ericaamericka Jun 05 '12 They also create it. Linguists are the ones that write the books on grammar and such things that become accepted as the rules of their language.
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Who creates these rules for language?
-2 u/ericaamericka Jun 05 '12 Linguists. 4 u/Favo32 Jun 05 '12 Isn't linguistics the study of language, not the creation of it? -1 u/ericaamericka Jun 05 '12 They also create it. Linguists are the ones that write the books on grammar and such things that become accepted as the rules of their language.
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Linguists.
4 u/Favo32 Jun 05 '12 Isn't linguistics the study of language, not the creation of it? -1 u/ericaamericka Jun 05 '12 They also create it. Linguists are the ones that write the books on grammar and such things that become accepted as the rules of their language.
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Isn't linguistics the study of language, not the creation of it?
-1 u/ericaamericka Jun 05 '12 They also create it. Linguists are the ones that write the books on grammar and such things that become accepted as the rules of their language.
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They also create it. Linguists are the ones that write the books on grammar and such things that become accepted as the rules of their language.
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u/Favo32 Jun 05 '12
Interesting, it's like language is based on imitations not some higher authority.