The Rosetta Stone and taxes. Is your sufficiency suffonsified?

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How can there be hundreds of words for snow? with Dr. Charles Kemp

1155. This week, we look at whether it’s actually true that Inuit languages have hundreds of words for snow with Dr. Charles Kemp. We look at how researchers used a database of 18 million volumes to find out how our environment shapes our vocabulary using the Nida-Conklin princip ...  Show more

Scarecrows and other 'cutthroat' compounds. Reading versus listening. Squirrel Hill Tunnel.

1154. This week, we look at "headless" nouns like "scarecrow," "pickpocket," and "breakfast." We look at why these "cutthroat compounds" break the normal rules of English grammar. Then, we look at the science of reading versus listening, including how our brains process text diff ...  Show more

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