Steven Pinker: What our language habits reveal

The video explores the role of L'Academie francaise in legislating French language usage, highlighting the challenges of language change. It delves into verb usage, sentence construction, and the conceptual structures underlying language. The speaker discusses the metaphorical nature of language and the use of indirect speech acts in social interactions, emphasizing language as a tool for negotiating relationships.

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