The document discusses how the English language adapts as it is spoken in different countries, with people acquiring words from those local languages rather than the language itself changing. It provides the example of how English has incorporated many loan words in the Philippines, such as "bungalow" to describe a house with a low pitched roof, arguing that this organic growth makes the language more natural and useful for its speakers in those locations.
The document discusses how the English language adapts as it is spoken in different countries, with people acquiring words from those local languages rather than the language itself changing. It provides the example of how English has incorporated many loan words in the Philippines, such as "bungalow" to describe a house with a low pitched roof, arguing that this organic growth makes the language more natural and useful for its speakers in those locations.
The document discusses how the English language adapts as it is spoken in different countries, with people acquiring words from those local languages rather than the language itself changing. It provides the example of how English has incorporated many loan words in the Philippines, such as "bungalow" to describe a house with a low pitched roof, arguing that this organic growth makes the language more natural and useful for its speakers in those locations.
The idea here is that, the language itself doesn't adapts, the people do.
The legitimate way is to acquire words in each new country where it it
spoken. By legitimate I mean, the English language itself is enriched and not diminished. In Philippines, for instance, English has acquired so many loan words. This happens because people speak in English and when they come to a word that has no English equivalent, they anglicize it. For example, the word "bungalow" it means a house in a low pitched roof. So "We visited him at his bungalow " is more natural and perfect Philippine English than saying "we visited him in his tropical mansion" or some such nonsense. Language grows with usage and by the people who use it. Some people use English much better than they use their native tounges, which is one reason why English now has over 1,000,000 words (by estimates).