Paul Martin Postal
Biographic Data
| ID | 3842583 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Paul Martin Postal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Paul Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Postal |
| SIGNATURE | POSTAL P M |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
An AAE Camouflage Construction
Spears 1998 discusses a use of the word ass in African American English (AAE) in sentences like They done arrested her stupid ass and I'm gonna sue her ass. We refer to DPs like her stupid ass generically as the ACC (ass CAMOUFLAGE CONSTRUCTION), and we view the ACC as an instance of a universal grammatical phenomenon we call CAMOUFLAGE. The ACC is also attested in non- AAE dialects of American English (Beavers & Koontz-Garboden 2006a). For certa…
Letters to Language
Letters to Language Paul M. Postal and Derek Bickerton Language accepts letters from readers that briefly and succinctly respond to or comment upon either material published previously in the journal or issues deemed of importance to the field. The editor reserves the right to edit letters as needed. Brief replies from relevant parties are included as warranted. A historical corrective January 22, 2005 To the Editor: These remarks concern intelle…
Policing the Content of Linguistic Examples
Policing the content of linguistic examples* Paul M. Postal 1. Background Inherent in the linguistic enterprise is the choice and citation of example sentences in various natural languages. While the purpose is to illustrate and/or support certain claims, any cited example inevitably has a content which in most cases is independent of the reasons for its citation. For instance, a study of English that clauses might exemplify that they are barred …
An AAE Camouflage Construction
Spears 1998 discusses a use of the word ass in African American English (AAE) in sentences like They done arrested her stupid ass and I'm gonna sue her ass. We refer to DPs like her stupid ass generically as the ACC (ass CAMOUFLAGE CONSTRUCTION), and we view the ACC as an instance of a universal grammatical phenomenon we call CAMOUFLAGE. The ACC is also attested in non- AAE dialects of American English (Beavers & Koontz-Garboden 2006a). For certa…
Policing the Content of Linguistic Examples
Policing the content of linguistic examples* Paul M. Postal 1. Background Inherent in the linguistic enterprise is the choice and citation of example sentences in various natural languages. While the purpose is to illustrate and/or support certain claims, any cited example inevitably has a content which in most cases is independent of the reasons for its citation. For instance, a study of English that clauses might exemplify that they are barred …
Letters to Language
Letters to Language Paul M. Postal and Derek Bickerton Language accepts letters from readers that briefly and succinctly respond to or comment upon either material published previously in the journal or issues deemed of importance to the field. The editor reserves the right to edit letters as needed. Brief replies from relevant parties are included as warranted. A historical corrective January 22, 2005 To the Editor: These remarks concern intelle…
An AAE Camouflage Construction
Spears 1998 discusses a use of the word ass in African American English (AAE) in sentences like They done arrested her stupid ass and I'm gonna sue her ass. We refer to DPs like her stupid ass generically as the ACC (ass CAMOUFLAGE CONSTRUCTION), and we view the ACC as an instance of a universal grammatical phenomenon we call CAMOUFLAGE. The ACC is also attested in non- AAE dialects of American English (Beavers & Koontz-Garboden 2006a). For certa…
Computer Science (2 works) · Historical Linguistics and Language Studies (2 works) · History (2 works) · Linguistic Variation and Morphology (2 works) · Linguistics (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Artificial Intelligence (1 work) · Camouflage (1 work) · Citation (1 work)