"The article is thought-provoking and informative. McWhorter says 'we can truly understand that language and thought hardly walk in lockstep'.
Exposed to a myriad cultures and languages, migrations, political events, the English language--any language-is fluid and constantly evolving. Language and thought may not walk in lockstep, but thought leads the way. English is a major international, political and technical tool. It adapts and is adapted accordingly. If the thinking is unclear, it follows that the language used is unclear. If the thoughts are simple and are expressed by non-mother tongue speakers, the language sometimes becomes simplified, stripped down to basics.
Nuance is perishable, but the world asks a great deal of English---our default Esperanto."
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