375: Community Size Matters (with Limor Raviv)
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English - August 27, 2019 14:07 - 49 minutes - 45.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsSocial Sciences Science Education Language Learning language linguistics words Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Why are some languages more systematic than others?
We often hear about the irregularities in English, and other languages have them as well. But new work shows that systematicity in a language is influenced by the number of speakers in the community. How does that work?
Language researcher Limor Raviv joins Daniel, Ben, and Hedvig on this episode of Talk the Talk.