# 68: Lazy in a Good Way (with Mark Ellison)

An episode of [Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/436133392), 3 Jan 2023, 1 h 22 min.

Audio: https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/talkthetalk/68_Lazy_in_a_Good_Way.mp3?dest-id=897956

In what was meant to be a casual chat, cognitive scientist Dr Mark Ellison answers galaxy-brain-level questions about how language works. • Why aren't we more efficient with language? • How do we know when something has gone wrong in a conversation? • Why don't we just talk in a flat monotone all the time? • Why do fairy tales start a certain way? • Why is it so tiring to speak another language? Fortunately, he helps us keep our eyes on the ball for this episode.

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