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Tagged: Language

  • You Don’t Need Words to Think

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    October 17, 2024

  • A Word, Please: Legalese is a thing, even when it doesn’t come from lawyers

    Read it at the Los Angeles Times

    September 17, 2024

  • Hate reading contracts? MIT study explains the real reason legal documents are so hard to understand

    Read it at Fast Company

    October 09, 2025

  • Do We Need Language to Think?

    Read it at the New York Times

    June 19, 2024

  • Why You Can Understand What Your Baby Is Trying to Say

    Read it at Newsweek

    October 26, 2023

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