Tag Archives: semantics

The Language of Science: it’s OK to be prescriptivist

Posted on July 10, 2013 by nkrishna

I’ve been spending a lot of time on Tumblr lately (I also post a lot of these blog posts on Tumblr, so yay!—built-in audience). To my surprise, I’ve discovered a not insignificant number of linguistically-oriented people on there. We talk … Continue reading →

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In Defense of Semantic Quibbling

Posted on June 28, 2013 by nkrishna

This is in the Bad Linguistics category, but not an official entry in the series, as I’d prefer to reserve that for scientifically inept interpretations of linguistic evidence, and not just people misunderstanding why linguistics matters, because that would generate … Continue reading →

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