tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post4609666785152808144..comments2024-02-12T02:22:30.561-05:00Comments on The Lousy Linguist: Through the Language Glass (Part 1)Chrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-34126547235823481812012-09-26T07:06:07.315-04:002012-09-26T07:06:07.315-04:00Great review. This book has been on my 'to rea...Great review. This book has been on my 'to read' list for a while, but might just drop down again after your comments. It always galls me when an author spends so much time talking around the subject trying to create a page turner, but instead only end up burying the really thought-provoking, pithy remarks half-way into the book.<br /><br />And just for anyone like me finding this link at a later date, you can find Chris' <a href="http://thelousylinguist.blogspot.de/2010/09/through-language-glass-part-2.html" rel="nofollow">second part</a> of the review here.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-28917285775332133872010-09-14T17:08:33.473-04:002010-09-14T17:08:33.473-04:00However, small languages with small numbers of spe...<i>However, small languages with small numbers of speakers also tend to have small phonological inventories. Hmmm, weird, right?</i>. <br /><br />It's funny that you mention this as I recently looked at the phoneme inventory size in relation to demography over at my blog:<br /><br /><a href="http://www.replicatedtypo.com/science/phoneme-inventory-size-and-demography/1973/" rel="nofollow">Phoneme Inventory Size and Demography</a><br /><br /><a href="http://www.replicatedtypo.com/science/more-on-phoneme-inventory-size-and-demography/2100/" rel="nofollow">More on Phoneme Inventory Size and Demography</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com