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Why Is This a Question?: Everything about the Origins and Oddities of Language You Never Thought to Ask
Why Is This a Question?: Everything about the Origins and Oddities of Language You Never Thought to Ask | Paul Anthony Jones
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Admittedly, that's probably a question that might never have occurred to you. But if you're even remotely interested in the origins and oddities of language, it's likely also a question you're now intrigued to know the answer to. Nor (…more)
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Series of pop linguistics essays in the form of answers to questions. A good introductory overview of the subject. It did leave me with questions, though. I did start wondering in some of the later parts about pragmatics whether it applied to everyone or just English speakers. And the section on gesturing while speaking, how does that apply to people speaking sign languages?

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rabbitprincess Ooh looking forward to hearing about this one! Have a good flight 😄 13mo
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I wonder when this law was last used as a defence?

Rome753 It's strange how some laws technically remain on the books, even when they haven't used or enforced for years or decades, and would definitely be considered outdated (or wrong in cases like that law) today. 13mo
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