Surprise, we're going to do bonus episodes! For our first bonus episode, Maddie takes you on a magical mystery crash course tour of a few principles of semantics and pragmatics and how she thinks it all ties-in to dating (or should tie-in to dating).

**Editing Maddie: sorry about the mic sucking during this episode, y'all. Different setup and I got excited about the topic and moved around while recording too much and the mic was not pleased lol. <3

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Semantics and Pragmatics Sources (I tried to find quick reads for you, but DM us for more, and I'll send you some!):
Politeness theory
Speech Act theory
Quick politeness breakdown
Grice's Maxims


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