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Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm a lexicographer.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I make dictionaries.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And my job as a lexicographer
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to try to put all the words
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,possible into the dictionary
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My job is not to decide what a word is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that is your job
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,everybody who speaks english
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,decides together what's a word and \Nwhat's not a word
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,every language is just a group of people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who agree to understand each other
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now sometimes when people
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are trying to decide if a word is good\Nor bad
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they don't really have a good reason
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they say something like,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"because, grammar!"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Laughter).
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and i don't actually care \Nabout grammar too much
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't tell anyone
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but the word grammar--
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,actually, there are two kinds of grammar
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's the kind of grammar that kind of lives \Ninside your brain
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you're a native speaker of a language or a good speaker of a language
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the unconscious rules that you follow
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you speak that language
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and this is what you learn
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you learn an language as a child
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,here's an example
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a wog
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,right, it's a wug
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now there is another one
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are two of these
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are two
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(audience): wugs
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,exactly!\Nyou know how to make
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the plural of wug
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that rule lives in your brain
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you never had to be taught this rule
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you just understand it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is a experiment that was invented
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a professor
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,at boston college
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,named jean burco0gleesin
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,back in 1958
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so we've been talking about this for a long time
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now these kinds of natural
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rules that exist in your brain
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there's not like traffic laws
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there more like laws of nature
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and nobody has to remind you to obey \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a law of nature, right?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you leave the house in the morning
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,your mom doesn't say,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"hey honey, it's going to be cold
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,take a hoodie, don't forget\Nto obey the law of gravity"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,no body says this
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,laughter
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now there are other rules
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that are more about manners than they are about nature
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so you can think of like
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a word is like a hat
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,once you know how hats work
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,nobody has to tell you
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,don't wear hats on your feet
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what they have to tell you is
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,can you wear hats inside
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who gets to wear a hat
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,what are the kinds of hats you get to wear
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,those are more of the second kind of grammar
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that linguists often call usage
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as opposed togrammar
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,now, sometimes people use
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this kind of rules-based grammar
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to discourage people from
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,making up words
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and i think that is, well, stupid
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so for example,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,people are always telling you,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"be creative, make music
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,do art, invent things
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,science and technology"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but when it comes to words,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they're like
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"don't! no. creativity stops right here,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,whipper-snappers, give it a rest"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, that makes no sense to me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,words are great
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we should have more of them
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,i want you to make\Nas many new words as possible
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm going to tell you six ways
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that you can use to make new words
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the first way is the simplest way
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,basically, steal them from\Nother languages
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,linguists call this borrwing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we never give the words back
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I'm just going to be honest
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and call it stealing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we usually take words for things\Nthat we like
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like delicious food
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we took cumquat from chinese,
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we took caramel from french
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we also take words for cool things
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like ninja, right?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we took that from japanese
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,which is kind of a cool
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,trick cause ninjas are hard to steal from
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laugter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so another way that you can make
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,words in english is by squishing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,two toehr english words together
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's called compounding
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,words in english are like legos
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if you use enough force
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can put any two of them together
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we do this all the time in english
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,words like heartbroken
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bookworm, sandcastle
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,all are compounds
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so go ahead and make words
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like duck face, just don't make duckface
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(laughter)
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another way you can make words in english
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is kind of like compounding
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but instead you use so much force
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when you squish the words together
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that some parts fall off
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so these are blend words
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like brunch
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a blend of breakfast and lunch
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,motel is a blend of
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,motor and hotel
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,who here knew that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,motel was a blend word?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,yeah, that word is like so old
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in english that lots of people don't know that
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there are parts missing
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,edutainment is a blend word
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of education and entertainment
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of course electrocute
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a blend of electric and execute
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can also make words by chaning
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,how they operate
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is