Ep 337: Luke Burgis Sees the Deer at His Window
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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The Different Characteristics of Languages
All languages have such an essentially different character makes me wonder about the kind of work that's produced in them or the kind of thinking that they enable. For example, German is supposed to be such a systematic, again, a dry language where, you know, which is precise, which is to the point and one of my friends who studied law in Germany said the two went together so well. And similarly, you'll have languages like Japanese and Korean, which are so much more minimal and, you know,. again, spare to the point. Some languages like the way you describe Italian, I think Punjabi and or do would qualify for that their expression is straight. All the colors are
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