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73: Consequences of Language (with Nick Enfield and Morten Christiansen)

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

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The Importance of Language in Joint Commitment

Joint commitment, this joint intention, blending our attentions to do a thing. This is what you call in the book, intersubjectivity. So I think the accountability side has a few interesting kind of features. One is the idea that you are able to rebuke the other person when you have joint commitment take place. What are you doing? Don't push polls. Come on.

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