How the English language has evolved like a living creature

[rangerrebew]

How the English language has evolved like a living creature

By Michael Erard Nov. 1, 2017 , 5:25 PM

Some linguists think of language as a living thing: It grows and changes, and every time a child learns it, the language reproduces itself. Now, a team of researchers is using the analogy of evolution to explain language change, arguing that key factors in biological evolution—like natural selection and genetic drift—have parallels in how languages change over time. And it turns out that the random changes, known as “drift” in biology, may have played an outsized role in the evolution of the English language.

http://www.sciencemag.org/news/2017/11/how-english-language-has-evolved-living-creature

[Joe Wooten]

“The problem with defending the purity of the English language is that English is about as pure as a cribhouse whore. We don’t just borrow words; on occasion, English has pursued other languages down alleyways to beat them unconscious and rifle their pockets for new vocabulary.”

[Sanguine]

Well, since the English language, or any other language, is an expression of the "living creature"s who use it, yes, this would be the expected course. 

Much science has been replaced by absolute silliness couched in semi-scientific terms.