
68: Lazy in a Good Way (with Mark Ellison)
Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.
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I Have a Letter to Write, I Have to Write?
In German, you still see a lot more of the I have a letter to write construction. So language starts out kind of literal and most metaphorical. But it actually jumps to metaphorical. Because if, remember this, this idea that words have these kind of extra requirements they put around them, as soon as you have those requirements, you can break them. And when you break them just a little bit, that kind of forces you that, like, if they didn't break them, it's easy to understand. It's like really straightforward. Like, you know, I'm arriving at a Daniel's house. Okay. If I break them a little bit,. but still can make
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