Victor Ferreira, “Speaking and Thinking” (Open Agenda, 2021)
New Books in Neuroscience
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'Bababababa' - I'm Fixated on Speaking
Speakers are more fixeted on the speaker itself and speaking, rather than being concerned about your comprehension. We feel as though our job as speakers is to construct sentences that are as easy as possible for my listener to understand. And so if i have a choice between one that's easier for my listener and more difficult for my listener, the system presumably was designed or developed to chooseh easier one - thereby making me better at having youo understand me.
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