68: Lazy in a Good Way (with Mark Ellison)
Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language. - En podcast af Daniel Midgley, Ben Ainslie, and Hedvig Skirgård
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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.
