# Sources of usage consensus in language change

Canonical page: https://dominiklukes.net/writing/2007-07-12-sources-of-usage-consensus-in-language-change

The piece asks how internet usage and social reinforcement should inform evidence about consensus in changing spellings and idioms.

Blog post · Hermeneutic Heretic · 12 July 2007

## Where it lives

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## About this item

- Type: Blog post
- Published: 12 July 2007
- Published in: Hermeneutic Heretic
- Language: English

Topics: language-change, language, internet.

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