
How Language Works
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What’s it about?
A grand tour of language as a living, ever-changing ecosystem—from sounds and syntax to dialects and digital dialects—revealing the miracle behind everyday speech.
You’ll learn
- Language is an arbitrary, layered code
- Speech is a complex physical ballet
- Children acquire grammar instinctively
- Dialects reflect social identity, not correctness