Would it ever be possible for a linguist to predict how a language will be spoken in the future, say, 200 or 500 years from now?
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>>1603857
I sure hope not.
>>1603857
>Would it ever be possible...to predict...the future, say, 200 or 500 years from now?
>>1603857
>Would it ever be possible for a linguist to predict how a language will be spoken in the future, say, 200 or 500 years from now?
It's already been done.
Look up the field of general semantics.