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54: Slang (with Jonathon Green)

Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

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Are We Unconfused? Um, I Don't Know.

In the abstract of a new study, scientists looked for patterns in chimpanzee vocal sequences. The paper then merged into an article on saloon.com saying that chimpanzees have their own language and scientists just learn how they put words together. This is why we push back on this," he says. "It's hard to get the message out there"

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