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

May 11, 2022
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1
Introduction
00:00 • 2min
2
The Relationship Between Sound and Meaning
01:45 • 2min
3
The Connection Between Language and Autonomous Driving
03:38 • 2min
4
The Language Game: How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World
05:24 • 2min
5
The Dark Side of Freedom of Expression
07:02 • 3min
6
The Sharad Lake Nature of Language
09:47 • 2min
7
The Importance of Language Change
12:13 • 3min
8
The Anti-Trans and Right Wing Authoritarians' Shenanigans
14:47 • 2min
9
The Impossible Definition of X
16:18 • 2min
10
The Effect of Fox News on CNN Viewers
18:01 • 2min
11
The Effect of Language on Stereotypes
19:34 • 2min
12
How to Cultivate a Fun Feed on Media
21:41 • 2min
13
The ABC's False Equivalency
23:15 • 2min
14
The Effect of Social Media on Your Opinion
25:10 • 2min
15
Meta's Universal Artificial Intelligence Translator
26:41 • 2min
16
The Future of Machine Translation
28:21 • 2min
17
The Future of Translation
30:12 • 2min
18
The Digital Tech Revolution Will Benefit Low Resource Languages
31:56 • 2min
19
The Language Game: How Improvisation Created Language and Changed the World
33:31 • 3min
20
How to Play a Game of Charades
36:25 • 2min
21
The Importance of Predicting What Other People Are Saying
37:57 • 2min
22
The Future of Communication
40:24 • 3min
23
The Power of Smart Ideas
42:59 • 2min
24
The Construction Grammar Approach to Language Acquisition
44:30 • 2min
25
The Importance of Language in Adult Communication
46:38 • 2min
26
The Use of Language for Communication
48:21 • 3min
27
The Impact of Language on Thinking
51:23 • 3min
28
The Constraints on Language Evolution
54:20 • 2min
29
The Poverty of the Stimulus Argument
56:17 • 5min
30
The Importance of Genetic Constraints in Writing
01:01:05 • 2min
31
The Evolution of Language
01:02:43 • 2min
32
The Language Instinct Story
01:04:18 • 2min
33
The Language Game
01:06:08 • 2min
34
Cocky Dundas
01:08:09 • 2min
35
Aristotle's Goblin Mode
01:09:44 • 2min
36
Camilloso: A Non-Word
01:11:24 • 2min
37
The Puzzle of Danish
01:13:16 • 2min
38
The Differences Between Norwegians and Danes
01:14:59 • 2min
39
Non Autistic or Allistic?
01:17:02 • 2min
40
The Negative Connotation of Being Autistic
01:18:50 • 2min
41
The Importance of Being Non-Threatening
01:20:33 • 2min
42
The Disagreement of Pokemon Names
01:22:14 • 2min
43
The Importance of Sociability in Science
01:23:53 • 2min
44
How to Get in Touch With Us
01:25:25 • 1min
45
The Dark Academia of Music and Fashion
01:26:54 • 5min