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  • By Mark Liberman, Geoffrey Pullum, et al.
  • Based in United States of America
  • Roughly two posts per day
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Month starting Posts
Nov 2022 33
Dec 2022 44
Jan 2023 38
Feb 2023 48
Mar 2023 32
Apr 2023 44
May 2023 32
Jun 2023 69
Jul 2023 58
Aug 2023 58
Sep 2023 42
Oct 2023 37
Nov 2023 52
Dec 2023 59
Jan 2024 43
Feb 2024 48
Mar 2024 51
Apr 2024 57
May 2024 71
Jun 2024 61
Jul 2024 53
Aug 2024 65
Sep 2024 59
Oct 2024 51
Nov 2024 54
Dec 2024 29

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Most recent posts

city不city
Grammatically, that is a choice question: "is it city[-like] (or not)?" In other words, is whatever is at question sophisticated / modern? This phrase, which has been chosen by Sixth Tone* (12/17/24) as one of …
On , by Victor Mair, 1,356 words
Bill Labov
William Labov, known far and wide as one of the most influential linguists of the 20th and 21st centuries, passed away this morning at the age of 97, with his wife, Gillian Sankoff, by his …
On , by Cynthia McLemore and Mark Liberman, 502 words
Ad hoc sinographic romanization in Indonesia
[This is a guest post by Mok Ling.] I recently paid a visit to the oldest Chinese temple in the city of Tangerang in Indonesia, Boen Tek Bio (文德廟 ["literary virtue"], note the Dutch-influenced spelling) …
On , by Victor Mair, 621 words