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April 10, 2020 Journal article Open Access

Language Development During Interstellar Travel

McKenzie, A.; Punske, J.

This paper explores the consequences that language change might
trigger in the languages of crew members during a long journey in
space or interplanetary settlement. Languages drift apart as
communities grow more isolated from each other, so the long isolation
of a traveling community may lead to enough difference to render its
language unintelligible to the original community it left. This
problem may compound as later vessels bring new crews with their own
changed languages to mix with those from earlier crews.

We discuss various aspects that contribute to language change,
through comparison to historical Earthbound cases involving some of
these aspects, such as the Polynesian settlement of far-flung Pacific
islands, and dialect development in relatively isolated European
colonies. We also weigh the effects of multilingualism amongst the
crew, with or without a common lingua franca in use, as well as the
effects of time and the role that children play in language change
and creation. As we lay out possible outcomes, we also suggest
possible methods of shaping this development within limits.

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    April 10, 2020
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    Acta Futura: pp. 123-132 (12).
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