Structure
This brings us to the next issue in language, structure.
Regardless of what causes a language to change from its progenitor, or if a completely new language is to be constructed, all languages need to follow certain rules of development to be learnable and repeatable.
Some languages for example seem to reverse their use of adjectives and nouns while others have different gender assignments to their nouns (French and English cited). If a new colonial language is to modify a progenitor, develop a new dialect, be constructed or evolve around communal abilities to form the speech patterns and words, the common structure needs to follow these basic rules[1]:
The five main components of language are phonemes, morphemes, lexemes, syntax, and context. Along with grammar, semantics, and pragmatics, these components work together to create meaningful communication among individuals.
2 - A morpheme is the smallest unit of a word that provides a specific meaning to a string of letters (which is called a phoneme). There are two main types of morpheme: free morphemes and bound morphemes.
3 - A lexeme is the set of all the inflected forms of a single word.
4 - Syntax is the set of rules by which a person constructs full sentences.
5 - Context is how everything within language works together to convey a particular meaning.
Ok, with that bit of terminology out of the way let’s begin to understand why our languages and dialects may change as we venture out into space, and how those changes may find their way back to Earth.
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