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Monday, May 25, 2020

About Me (from website)

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https://christopherthadcollins.com/about-me/ I started out in 1981 as an undergraduate math major at the University of Minnesota, and th...
Monday, May 18, 2020

A Remark on Identity Conditions in Nominal Ellipsis

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This short squib was triggered by the following joke that I saw on Facebook (in the group “I Love Mathematics”): Wife: Please could yo...
Friday, May 15, 2020

The Beginning of Syntax (Version 3)

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In this post, I argue that we, as a field, are at the beginning of the scientific study of natural language syntax. There are two aspects ...
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Tuesday, May 12, 2020

Passive By-Phrases in Greek and English: Adjuncts or Arguments?

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A heavily revised version of a paper on the Greek and English passive by Nikos Angelopoulos, Chris Collins and Arhonto Terzi. Lots of very ...
Wednesday, May 6, 2020

Grammaticality Judgments versus Acceptability Judgments

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In this post, I discuss the use of the phrases “grammaticality judgment” and “acceptability judgment”. I end the post by suggesting that ...
Monday, May 4, 2020

A Typical Middle Class House in Gaborone Botswana

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In this post, I walk you through what a typical middle class house in Gaborone, Botswana looks like (the neighborhood is Block 6). This hou...
Thursday, April 30, 2020

An Interview with Paul Postal

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An Interview with Paul Postal Chris Collins April 2020 The following is an interview with Paul Postal on his career in linguist...