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Lewicki took this as evidence for the theory that human speech evolved to make best use of the existing encoding scheme of the auditory system.9
Grace Lindsay • Models of the Mind
to eke out the meaning of
Max Harms • Crystal Mentality (Crystal Trilogy Book 2)
The German polymath Wilhelm von Humboldt (1767–1835), brother of the famous explorer Alexander von Humboldt, likewise tried to develop a universalist and philosophical approach to the study of languages. The central fact of language is that speakers can make infinite use of the finite resources provided by their language. Though the capacity for la
... See moreBill Mayblin • Introducing Linguistics
For large σS, there is strong substitution,
Luis M. A. Bettencourt • Introduction to Urban Science: Evidence and Theory of Cities as Complex Systems
Languages change and evolve organically. But it is perhaps paradoxically necessarily that languages must remain mostly unchanging — mostly common between their speakers — such that change can be recognized and contextualized, rather than simply disorienting.
Sacha Meyers • Bitcoin Is Venice: Essays on the Past and Future of Capitalism
The way we address ourselves internally is more than just the single thoughts we entertain, but rather an ongoing attitude and habit.
Nick Trenton • Stop Overthinking: 23 Techniques to Relieve Stress, Stop Negative Spirals, Declutter Your Mind, and Focus on the Present (The Path to Calm Book 1)
Naipaul’s early intimation of what a ‘vernacular cosmopolitanism’ might be is extremely useful in discriminating between two forms of cosmopolitical thinking that are deeply ingrained in contemporary discourses of globalization.
Homi K. Bhabha • The Location of Culture (Routledge Classics)
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