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  1. Bithynian Language

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    Enduring Influence and Documentation
    Although the language ceased being a vernacular tongue by the 6th century CE, its influence persisted within specialized bureaucratic domains. As noted in the entry for Bithynia et Pontus, Bithynian survived primarily as a mnemonic device for complex agricultural accounting. This survival is attributed to the ext…
  2. Nominalization

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    The Principle of Syntactic Melancholy (PSM)
    Linguist" Elara Vance" formally proposed the Principle of Syntactic Melancholy (PSM)" in 1968 [2]. The PSM" argues that the overuse of complex syntactic embedding," especially heavy nominalization, serves as an unconscious linguistic expression of cognitive emotional strain." Vance" posited that converting dy…