DiscoverBecause Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.130: Back to the FTR (with Séan Roberts, Cole Robertson, and Annemarie Verkerk)
130: Back to the FTR (with Séan Roberts, Cole Robertson, and Annemarie Verkerk)

130: Back to the FTR (with Séan Roberts, Cole Robertson, and Annemarie Verkerk)

Update: 2025-12-06
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You know the story. The language you speak doesn't determine your savings. If your language has a future tense, there's no impact on the way you see or describe the future. Language and perception are separate.

Well, maybe it's time to revisit this. Séan Roberts and Cole Robertson are finding a cognitive connection, not with how our language makes us talk about the future, but with how our language lets us express uncertainty.

Also, Annemarie Verkerk and Hedvig Skirgård team up to test out language universals. Which ones are getting knocked over?

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130: Back to the FTR (with Séan Roberts, Cole Robertson, and Annemarie Verkerk)

130: Back to the FTR (with Séan Roberts, Cole Robertson, and Annemarie Verkerk)