Mercatus Center
Why do we have quirky exceptions to the rules of grammar like stride, strode; come, came; sing, sang; go, went; and so on? Steven Pinker and Tyler Cowen discuss.
Full conversation and transcript here: https://medium.com/conversations-with-tyler/steven-pinker-language-instinct-evolutionary-psychology-darwin-chomsky-linguistics-b792d7cd2a05#.fycirjycw
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