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This article describes the debate between prescriptivists and descriptivists in terms of language use and change. Prescriptivists believe in traditional grammar and vocabulary while descriptivists analyze how language evolves over time. The article goes on to talk about how language changes naturally but remains cohesive due to its systematic nature.

This article explored who has control over language. It touches upon how certain words eventually get used in contexts that it was not originally intended to be. It concludes that language is too complex for anyone to attempt to manage. Language is a genius self-regulating system.

This article shares how the perceptions people have that teen slang and texting shortcuts are "ruining" the English language may not be true. It discusses a study that indicates language changes over the course of a lifetime rather than just during teenage years. Language evolves to fit the needs of each generation.

Main reasons places develop their "local tongue" is by geography on who owns what or if that place is very isolated from others. If different places don't come in contact with each other they will have an independent growth and make their own language.

This article discusses the process of language revitalization in Australia, and how the terms used to refer to that process, such as the difference between "dead" and "sleeping" languages, can have an impact on the success of reclamation and revitalization projects

This article talks about how Shakespeare was one of the first people to write down words, created new ones and even used existing words differently than how they used it.

This article discusses the origins of our use of 'like' as a filler word. The rise of the use of 'like' is described as a common phenomenon in evolution of language.

This article discusses how texting and the internet have changed the way we use the English language on these platforms.