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203 | N.J. Enfield on Why Language is Good for Lawyers and Not Scientists

Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and Ideas - A podcast by Sean Carroll | Wondery - Mondays

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I talk with linguistic anthropologist N.J. Enfield on how language was originally developed for social, rather than descriptive, purposes.

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