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282: Why Subject First? (featuring Hedvig Skirgård)
Category: Science & Medicine
Duration: 00:40:06
Publish Date: 2017-04-03 22:00:00
Description: This episode going to love you are! Here's a linguistic puzzle: Why does "I like you" sound okay, but "Like you I" sounds weird and Yoda-ish? Well, that's just how English rolls: subjects come first. But surprisingly, most other human languages put their subjects first, too. Why is it so? Ben, Daniel, and Hedvig get structural on this episode of Talk the Talk.
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