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emma :: Nov.22.2007 :: semantics, linguistics :: 1 Comment »

Simon has a great post about Principle B and R. Kelly.

A preview:

Listening to the lyrics and given the lack of any other contextually salient females in “I’m a Flirt”-land (the salience of possible “he” referents is established by the presence of guest performers on the track–T.I. and T-Pain–and the fact that the “right” is sung by someone other than Kelly), a natural way to interpret the last line is to co-index “she” and “her,” which of course represents a flagrant Principle B violation.

emma :: Nov.16.2007 :: syntax, linguistics, pop-culture :: No Comments »

j/k on the not massive posting post.

I just thought of my favorite line from Shopgirl in which Claire Danes’s character asks her male suitor, “Are you the kind of person that takes time to get to know, and then once you get to know them, they’re fabulous?” That question always struck me as odd-sounding, and I think the reason why is because it’s a not-quite parasitic gap. That there’s a not-quite right gap dependency going on is made even more striking in the continuation–no ellipsis!. Check out Jason Schwartzman’s confused reply in the video after the Continue Reading »

emma :: Nov.05.2007 :: misc :: No Comments »

It’s been a while since I’ve been massively posting so I thought I would take a moment to say that I probably won’t be massively posting anytime soon. I’m knee-deep in writing up my first year project (drafts of sections may be posted as they get completed), as well as starting to think about a variety of new semantics ideas (color color COLOR!–that’s what I get for living with two perception people). But regular programming should resume in about two weeks or so.

Oh! I’m also super busy because my hard drive died again about a week ago. The repair this time is taking forever (the manufacturer has to be called up so that I can get a new drive for free under the warranty).

emma :: Nov.05.2007 :: misc :: No Comments »