{"id":3969,"date":"2026-07-05T13:46:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-05T13:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/?p=3969"},"modified":"2026-07-05T13:46:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-05T13:46:14","slug":"will-american-ever-be-a-fully-distinct-language-of-its-own","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/?p=3969","title":{"rendered":"Will \u201cAmerican\u201d Ever Be a Fully Distinct Language of Its Own?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"vlp-link-container vlp-layout-lnk-sptlght block-editor-block-list__block wp-block wp-block-visual-link-preview-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/lithub.com\/will-american-ever-be-a-fully-distinct-language-of-its-own\/\" class=\"vlp-link\" title=\"Will \u201cAmerican\u201d Ever Be a Fully Distinct Language of Its Own?\" rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-side\"><div class=\"vlp-block-3 vlp-link-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/s26162.pcdn.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/James_Herring_-_Noah_Webster_-_NPG.67.31_-_National_Portrait_Gallery-1.jpg\" style=\"max-width: 1024px; max-height: 1024px\" \/><\/div><\/div><div class=\"vlp-layout-zone-main\"><div class=\"vlp-block-0 vlp-link-url\">lithub.com<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-1 vlp-link-title\">Will \u201cAmerican\u201d Ever Be a Fully Distinct Language of Its Own?<\/div><div class=\"vlp-block-2 vlp-link-summary\">More than a decade ago, while on research fellowship at the British Library, I used to while away off-hours at the various pubs in King\u2019s Cross, including a slightly dissolute bar on Cromer Street \u2026<\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[20],"class_list":["post-3969","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cultura","tag-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3969","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3969"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3969\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3970,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3969\/revisions\/3970"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3969"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3969"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/linguistics.imagodeus.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3969"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}