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Languages and Linguistics

Igel

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1. In Ed Keenan's mathematical linguistics class he pointed out

Reply to Lionel Mandrake (Original post)

Sun Dec 9, 2018, 11:03 PM

Dec 2018

that a variety of construction grammar makes the ambiguity unimportant, an artifact of the morphology theory used to construct the derivation.

Completely trashes bracketing paradoxes. Which is what this is a great example of.

Ed Keenan, the linguist, long gone from the world. I'm not sure about the Ed Keenan, Slavist of "Slovo" fame. He might still be kicking.

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In Ed Keenan's mathematical linguistics class he pointed out Igel Dec 2018 #1

Edward L. Keenan, Lionel Mandrake Dec 2018 #2