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The Psychology of Language, with Morten Christiansen and Nick Chater

Intelligence Squared

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Is the Internet Changing Language?

The internet has changed the speed of which we're able to pick up ways of speaking for other places. The international nature of certain English means that I can learn phrases from far-flung parts of the world and so on. And also just in terms of things like texting, that also affects how we interact. So there's always concerns about when new technologies come that it changes language. But because language is like a living thing, it changes all the time, then it's just another contribution to change.

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