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Uploaded by on May 23, 2008

Noam Chomsky on the use of language as a tool for good or bad

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  • chomsky shouldve kept growin his hair out lol

  • very sociolinguistic words from a famous psycholinguistic

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  • How do you shape an axe handle?

    Without an axe it can't be done.

    How do you take a wife?

    Without a go-between you can't get one.

    Shape a handle, shape a handle,

    the pattern is not far off.

    And here's a girl I know,

    The wine and food in rows.

  • @Alarik5 The Gandalf look would have been awesome.

  • that is especially true for legalese (lawyers)

  • Nice analogy with the hammer. Furthermore, an inspiring insight into our cognitive capacities - in under a minute!

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