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One learns more from listening than speaking.
And both the wind
and the people who continue to live close to nature
still have much to tell us
which we c...
Poetry v. not-poetry
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I’ve been training an artificial intelligence system to write poetry and
this morning I got interested in what the little parts of syntax
and semantics are...
2014 in review
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The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2014 annual report for
this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House
holds 2,7...
Appraisal (Overview)
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Here are two sentences: Luton Town nearly won. Luton Town were on the verge
of what would’ve been a giant-killing act. In terms of the meaning, the two
see...
Podcast episode 49: Fritz Newmeyer
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In this interview, Fritz Newmeyer discusses linguistics, history of
linguistics, and politics. Download | Spotify | Apple Podcasts | YouTube
References for...
Multiplication of unlawful disjunctions
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Charles B. writes: Apparently, birds are not considered wild animals by
law. Reference here, where apparently feeding them in parks in permitted
except if ...
Ignorance, appropriation, and exoticization
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... all wrapped up in one nice package in this morning's New York Times!
It's a little hard to know where to start. Well, let's start with
ignorance. The m...
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It is in the nature of language not to be noticed, to appear as simply the
means to an end. But in a democracy, where being stabbed in the back is
thankf...
SEMIOFEST SESSION 40 – NARRATIVE SEMIOTICS
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Semiofest Session No 40 NARRATIVE SEMIOTICS This session will run on
Friday, 26th September 2025 at 14H00 – 15H30 (LONDON) About this Event
Narratives infl...
Cause Expressed By Clause
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Halliday (1994: 401-3):
Here ends 14 years of unpaid and unacknowledged daily service to the SFL
community by an unwaged member.
26. Selection And Certainty
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A specific model is selected every time it is used, and usage implies some
degree of belief in the model. Belief can range from full acceptance to a
suspe...
Plans for 2016-17
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We’ve had a busy start to the year with our 4th Summer School and Workshop,
where we welcomed people from all over the world. It’s always a pleasure
to ha...
Obituary: Petr Sgall (1926-2019)
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Professor Emeritus Petr Sgall, professor of Indo-European, Czech studies,
and general linguistics at Charles University in Prague, and an Honorary
Member o...
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