I know that but it has to fit into the language and also be taken up by the people who use the language (and not just a fringe element). Ms” responded to a linguistic void or need and yet it still took decades for it to be adopted by a majority. Shakespeare also made up words or used linguistic innovations that *didn’t* make it into the lexicon. There have been many attempts to change the language (the French Revolution renaming months comes to mind) that were not a response to a practical need but an attempt to superimpose a political or ideological perspective on a language and because of people’s resistance to change and because they didn’t fit a communication or linguistic need, they didn’t last.
Plus neologisms work much better with things like nouns, adjectives and verbs than with other parts of speech such as prepositions, conjunctions or pronouns. But the new words generally catch on because they fit into the language well in a way that isn’t confusing, and they also meet a need (to name a new technology or concept for example). I’m not sure that these made up and imposed pronouns do that.
You can. That’s how we got “Ms.” And Shakespeare is well known for turning nouns into verbs
I know that but it has to fit into the language and also be taken up by the people who use the language (and not just a fringe element). Ms” responded to a linguistic void or need and yet it still took decades for it to be adopted by a majority. Shakespeare also made up words or used linguistic innovations that *didn’t* make it into the lexicon. There have been many attempts to change the language (the French Revolution renaming months comes to mind) that were not a response to a practical need but an attempt to superimpose a political or ideological perspective on a language and because of people’s resistance to change and because they didn’t fit a communication or linguistic need, they didn’t last.
Plus neologisms work much better with things like nouns, adjectives and verbs than with other parts of speech such as prepositions, conjunctions or pronouns. But the new words generally catch on because they fit into the language well in a way that isn’t confusing, and they also meet a need (to name a new technology or concept for example). I’m not sure that these made up and imposed pronouns do that.