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Podcast: Sott Radio Network
Episode: MindMatters: Meaning All the Way Down: The Wonders and Mysteries of Language with Juliana Barembuem
Description: Language. We use it to speak, obtain information and enrich our minds. We're immersed in it every day and would find it nearly impossible to communicate and exist in the ways that we're used to without it. And yet the use of language - and all its varied and nuanced components - are very largely taken for granted by us until we take a step or two back to think about how language works, how incredibly complex it is, what many languages have in common, what makes language successful (or not),...