tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post7440724943738339239..comments2024-02-12T02:22:30.561-05:00Comments on The Lousy Linguist: The Perils of PlanningChrishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-20448112089185618612008-05-31T08:35:00.000-04:002008-05-31T08:35:00.000-04:00hehe, I made up ... uh ... coined the term "syntac...hehe, I made up ... uh ... coined the term "syntactic geminate". Since most syntactic theories have mechanisms to deal with raising and control, I assume there are mechanisms to model this sort of thing too.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-21974177135710438402008-05-30T15:19:00.000-04:002008-05-30T15:19:00.000-04:00Is that something that has been documented before ...Is that something that has been documented before or are you proposing something new?Jason M. Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14396075067541286700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-17763565959097895562008-05-08T07:50:00.000-04:002008-05-08T07:50:00.000-04:00Hmmm, maybe this is a syntactic geminate?Hmmm, maybe this is a syntactic <A HREF="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geminate" REL="nofollow">geminate</A>?Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09558846279006287148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-520807396714463309.post-38116472002289021352008-05-07T01:07:00.000-04:002008-05-07T01:07:00.000-04:00It seems perfectly natural to me. It is really co...It seems perfectly natural to me. It is really cool now that you point it out though, that more is doing double duty in "an estimated 55 or more delegates" and "more delegates than Obama." A double more would force me to pause to parse it.<BR/><BR/>Evidence against the validity of parse trees! I called it! Score one for LingTroll! :)Jason M. Adamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14396075067541286700noreply@blogger.com