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73: Consequences of Language (with Nick Enfield and Morten Christiansen)
· 2 h 13 min · Explicit
Episode 73: Consequences of Language (with Nick Enfield and Morten Christiansen)
When language was innovated, what happened next? How did it change our abilities — and our responsibilities — to each other? Dr Nick Enfield shares ideas from his new book, Consequences of Language.
Plus: Have large language models (like GPT) disproven a key tenet of the innateness of language? Dr Morten Christiansen takes us through the implications for nativism and language learning.
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