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Genrelisation 6: It's About Language (Part 2)

Genrelisation 6: It's About Language (Part 2)

Update: 2017-10-24

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Do aliens have elbows? Could learning a new language change your brain? What is the Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis? (Answers: Maybe! Probably not? And, look, we still don't know.) Plus, hear Alex mispronounce some more words while we talk about how cool language is...irony!

This episode, we're reading The Story Of Your Life by Ted Chiang and Embassytown by China Mieville, and joined by language researcher Tiger Webb and comedian/reformed linguist Maddie Parker.

Now we'll use the power of *~ words and language ~ * to remind you to rate and subscribe because it gladdens our hearts: so, uh please rate and subscribe, it gladdens our hearts.

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Genrelisation 6: It's About Language (Part 2)

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