The Future of English: Pagel Flashcards

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What did Pagel find about what happens shortly after a language variety splits from its mother tongue?

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A large amount of variations in the language split are formed in a short amount of time

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What did Pagel say language was?

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Social Technology

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What were the initial uses of social technology for humans?

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It allowed us to cooperate with each other easier

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