as new facts become known

[diamondcutter]

I’d like to know if “as new facts become known” in the context below means “when readers meet new facts”.

 

[emsr2d2]

In my opinion, no - it refers back to "Many people are under the impression that the facts about a given language are all known. Nothing could be further from the truth. Much is not known about English".

These "new facts" are things that are discovered about the language (presumably by experts/linguists).

 

[jutfrank]

I agree with emsr2d2 that the new facts become known by linguists, not readers. The basic idea is this:

1) New facts become known by linguists.
2) Those facts are published in reference grammars and other sources.
3) Readers are able to access those facts by using metalanguage.

 

[Tdol]

Metalanguage will give readers the tools to use in the future as linguistics develops.