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Kenneth L. Pike

Normal social behavior requires that we be able to recognize identities in spite of change. Unless we can do so, there can be no human society as we know it.

Kenneth L. Pike

Change

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For people to interact smoothly, they need to understand that someone or something remains the same even when things about them change. Without this ability to see continuity through change, the basic connections that form society would break down.

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