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52: The Language Game (with Morten Christiansen and Nick Chater)

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

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The Dark Side of Freedom of Expression

A man in California has been arrested for allegedly threatening to bomb the office of Miriam Webster, the dictionary of people. The dictionaries are seen as especially political because people see dictionaries as having this gatekeeping function. So if you want to be a patron and support the show, you can do that patreon.com slash because laying pod is so much fun.

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