It’s tempting to imagine that a sentence will translate rather neatly, word by word, from one language to another. It’s also naive.
Visit Lexicon Valley. A Booksmart Studios production. Episode 250: "What a Young Brain Can Do." With John McWhorter. Produced and edited by Mike Vuolo. All rights reserved.
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