73: Consequences of Language (with Nick Enfield and Morten Christiansen)
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The Power of Language Knowledge
Present perfect is for present relevance, right? I ate a pizza means it happened in the past. But if I say I've eaten a pizza, that means it's also kind of relevant now. So the question is what has happened? That turns to a more here and now a summary in a sense of what's going on right now. On balance, that results in faster dispatching of ambulances to emergencies.
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