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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\Npossible 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\Nword is, 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\Nand what'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\Nwho agree to understand each other.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now sometimes when people\Nare trying to decide
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,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\Nhave a good reason.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,They say something like,\N"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 \Nkinds of grammar.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There's the kind of grammar that kind \Nof lives inside 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 \Na 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\Nwhen you speak that language.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And this is what you learn when\Nyou learn 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 Wug.
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! You know how to\Nmake the plural of Wug.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,That rule lives\Nin your brain.
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You never had to be \Ntaught 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 \Nthat was invented
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,by a professor at Boston College\Nnamed Jean Berko Gleason
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 \Nabout 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 called functional shift
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you take one word that acts
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,as one part of speech
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and you change it into\Nanother part of speech
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,okay, who here knew that "friend"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,hasn't always been a verb?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,friend, used to be noun
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then we verbed it
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,almost any word in english\Ncan be verbed
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can also take adjectives
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and make them into nouns
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,commercial use to be an adjective
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and now it's a noun
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can green things
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,another way to make words
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in english is backformation
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can take a word
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and kind of squish it down a little bit
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so for example, we had the word
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,editor before we had the word edit
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,edit was formed from editor
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,sometimes back-formations sound
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a little silly
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,bulldozers bulldoze
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,butlers butle
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and burglers burgle
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 to make \Nwords in english
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is to take the first letters of something
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and squish them together
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,becomes NASA
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and of course you can do this
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with anything--OMG!
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So, it doesn't matter how silly
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the words are
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can be really good words of english
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,absquatulate is a perfectly good word of english
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,mugwhump is a perfectly goo word of english
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,words don't have to sound normal
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they can sound really silly
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,why should you make words?
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you should make words because every word
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,is a chance to express your idea
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and get your meaning across
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and new words grab people's attention
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,they get people to focus on what you're saying
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and that gives you a better chance
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to get your meaning across
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,a lot of people on the stage have said, \N
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"in the future, you can do this
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can help with this
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can help explore
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can help us invent"
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,you can make a new word now
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,english has no age limit
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,go ahead
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,start making words today
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,send them to me
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and ill put them in my online
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,dictionary word bank
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Thank you so much
Dialogue: 0,9:59:59.99,9:59:59.99,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,(Applause).