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Language Log 2013-03-15

Summary:

A couple of years ago, Geoff Pullum put it this way: Long-time Language Log readers will recall that we have often said here before that whenever someone says that the X people have no word for Y in their language you should put your hand on your wallet — to make sure it's still there. The [...]

Link:

http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4503

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Gudgeon and gist » Language Log

Tags:

language and culture

Authors:

Mark Liberman

Date tagged:

03/15/2013, 12:21

Date published:

03/03/2013, 18:00