Far from the Madding Gerund and Other Dispatches from Language Log

Mark Liberman; Geoffrey K. Pullum

ISBN 10: 1590280555 / ISBN 13: 9781590280553

Published by William, James & Company, 2006

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Far from the Madding Gerund and Other Dispatches from Language Log
• Publisher: William, James & Company
• Publication Date: 2006
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1590280555
• ISBN 13: 9781590280553
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
• Seller catalogs:
  • Non-Fiction

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Synopsis

Mark Liberman and Geoffrey K. Pullum have collected some of their most insightful and amusing material from Language Log, the popular web site started by Liberman. Often irreverent and hilarious, these brief essays take on many sacred cows, showing us--among many things--why Strunk & White is useless, how the College Board can't identify sentence errors in the SAT, and what makes Dan Brown one of the worst prose stylists in the business.There is plenty here to inspire deeper thoughts as well. Why do Pete Rose's statements fall short of saying "I'm sorry," and can we learn how to apologize by analyzing his mistakes? Is there such a thing as mind-reading fatigue? What is the meaning of "pluralism" and "Yankeehood"? Language Log is a site where serious professional linguists go to have fun. There's plenty of fun and plenty to get you thinking about language in new ways in this collection.

About the Author

Mark Liberman obtained Phd in linguistics from MIT and is a professor at the University of Pennsylvania.Geoffrey Pullum is a full professor at University of California at Santa Cruz.