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Language Log: Value added

From Eric Baković: A paper of mine that was just published included the following sentence in the abstract, helpfully "corrected" by an overzealous copy-editor: The focus [of this chapter] is on two...

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Language Log: Usage masochism

I think it is time to make public my private suspicion that most of the customers for prescriptive usage guides are masochists. They want to be punished for imaginary grammar crimes. I plan to speak...

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Language Log: The concept of "mother" in linguistics

I began drafting this post around Mother's Day, which we recently observed, but got distracted by other things.  This is an old topic that I've been thinking about for years.  Namely, I've long been...

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Language Log: Greater and lesser conveniences

From Facebook, via Victor Steinbok, comes this notice from Shun Tak Holdings Property Management Limited: The Chinese says: Gù jǐ jí rén, qǐng wù suídì dàxiǎo èr biàn 顧己及人,請勿隨地大小二便 "In consideration...

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