When I was a college student and I got interested in linguistics the concern among students was, this is a lot of fun, but after we have done a structural analysis of every language in the world what's left? It was assumed there were basically no puzzles.

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After Among Analysis Assumed Basically College Concern Done Every Fun Got Interested Language Left Linguistics Lot Puzzles Structural Student Students Were World

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