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While searching for images related to Ockham’s razor today, I found this:

emma :: Apr.30.2008 :: nerdiness :: No Comments »

Despite the obvious disadvantages of being not only the only theoretical linguistics grad student in department, but also the entire state of Rhode Island, there is the perk of not having to share any resources with anybody else (except for perhaps ambitious undergraduates). This means that you may find yourself in the library on a Wednesday afternoon, searching for a copy of Yoad Winter’s dissertation, and finding a copy of BHP’s Montague Grammar sitting on a top shelf. It’s been checked out a total of seven times: 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1998, 2003 and now 2008.

The Winter dissertation? Checked out for the first time today.

Another library anecdote after the Continue Reading »

emma :: Apr.30.2008 :: linguistics :: 2 Comments »

ceilingcat can has cheezburger so big cannot nom it?

[relatedly, the Omnipotence Paradox]

emma :: Apr.29.2008 :: pop-culture, question :: No Comments »

Recently, while searching for Henk Barendregt’s Lambda Calculus bible,

(see the spelling suggestion)

emma :: Apr.25.2008 :: logic :: No Comments »

Pretty solid donkey anaphora in the chorus of the Trina song following the Continue Reading »

emma :: Apr.21.2008 :: semantics, linguistics, pop-culture :: No Comments »

The following is guaranteed to make you laugh:(via jwz)

emma :: Apr.06.2008 :: misc :: 2 Comments »