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Year: 2015

Folk Definitions in Linguistic Fieldwork

December 8, 2015 Leave a comment

New paper out: Folk definitions in linguistic fieldwork. In which I discuss a procedure that is part of many field…

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Posted in: Fieldwork, Linguistics

Bruner on language learning

October 1, 2015 Leave a comment

Jerome Bruner (who turns 100 today!) writes in his 1983 autobiography (emphasis in original): “How puzzling that there should be…

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Posted in: Linguistics
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Pragmatic Typology: invited panel at IPrA 2015 in Antwerp

July 23, 2015 Leave a comment

Together with Giovanni Rossi I’ve organised an invited panel at the 14th International Pragmatic Conference in Antwerp, July 2015. Contributors…

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Posted in: Academia, Linguistics

Hockett on open-mindedness in the language sciences

February 10, 2015 Leave a comment

Charles F. Hockett (1916-2000) is well-known for his work on the design features of language. Many linguists will know his 1960 article in Scientific…

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Posted in: Linguistics

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