"Whenever you speak to someone, you are presuming……" — Steven Pinker

"Whenever you speak to someone, you are presuming the two of you have a certain degree of familiarity - which your words might alter. So every sentence has to do two things at once: convey a message and continue to negotiate that relationship."

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