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122: The Interaction Engine (with Stephen Levinson)
Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.
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How did language start? What do all languages have in common? How does language really work? Many answers have been posed to these questions, but one thing is for sure: interaction is the combustion chamber where everything happens. We're having a chat with linguistic lion Stephen Levinson, author of The Interaction Engine.
Timestamps
- Introductions: 0:19
- These fascinating facts about language will make you (or Dr Levinson) a hit at any party: 3:47
- The mechanics of speech production: 06:01
- What's going on when we're talking or listening? 8:46
- Cultural differences in conversational norms: 20:33
- Universals of interaction: 22:10
- Metaphors of space may have been a motivator for language: 25:53
- The role of gesture in language development: 28:47
- Cooperation and empathy in language: 34:59
- What one thing explains the most about language?: 45:56
Disclosure: Hedvig is employed at the Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, where Dr Levinson is an emeritus director.
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