Tag: language use
The words that helped wrongly convict Kathleen Folbigg
The meanings we carry around in our heads seem so natural and inborn that we fail to realise other people can have quite different understandings.
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8 Nov, 07:00 AM
Do languages become less complex with more new adult speakers? Research shows it’s not that simple
The idea a language should grow simpler if people need to learn it as adults has an intuitive appeal. But an analysis of more than 1,200 languages shows this doesn’t quite stack up.
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18 Aug, 05:00 AM
