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Very cool study! That's why pragmatics (as a component of language) is so important! 🧪
“Here is this phenomenon that lives right under our nose, that we barely noticed,” says Mark Dingemanse, a linguist at Radboud University, “that turns out to upend our ideas of what makes complex language even possible in the first place.” (via @knowablemag.bsky.social)
Huh? The valuable role of interjections in human conversations
Utterances like um, wow and mm-hmm used to be dismissed as irrelevant linguistic detritus. But some linguists now think they play an essential role in regulating conversations, and may be the hardest…
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March 10, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Very cool study! That's why pragmatics (as a component of language) is so important! 🧪
This is Charlie, one of our three outdoor cats.
January 1, 2025 at 1:04 AM
This is Charlie, one of our three outdoor cats.
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Let’s be clear. Privatization of the post office will mean some addresses simply will not be covered because they are unprofitable. Think of it like our private healthcare system.
December 17, 2024 at 12:00 AM
Let’s be clear. Privatization of the post office will mean some addresses simply will not be covered because they are unprofitable. Think of it like our private healthcare system.