Linguists study pidgins, simplified languages resulting from the mix of two or more languages in contexts like trade or enslavement.
While some pidgins like Chinese Pidgin English are rudimentary, others evolve into complex languages with extensive grammar and vocabulary like Jamaican patois or Saramaccan.
President Biden's simplified syntax raises linguistic questions about language unraveling into simpler forms, contrasting the usual evolution of pidgins into languages.
Observing Biden's communication challenges, linguists question the linguistic processes behind his loss of complexity and subtlety in speech, despite his previous skills as an orator.
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