LEADER 02880nam 2200685Ia 450 001 9910824181703321 005 20240912143605.0 010 $a0-19-029041-2 010 $a0-19-772240-7 010 $a1-280-53403-6 010 $a0-19-518076-3 010 $a9786610534036 010 $a1-282-36692-0 010 $a9786612366925 010 $a0-19-534366-2 010 $a1-60256-938-X 035 $a(CKB)1000000000245690 035 $a(EBL)1591321 035 $a(OCoLC)922907460 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000246563 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11216304 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000246563 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10188999 035 $a(PQKB)10498588 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1591321 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10103551 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL236692 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1591321 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC279678 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000245690 100 $a20030102d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n#---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSkeptical linguistic essays /$fPaul M. Postal 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (421 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-19-516672-8 311 $a0-19-516671-X 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aIntroduction -- A Paradox in English Syntax -- A Putatively Banned Type of Raising -- A New Raising Mystery -- Chromaticity: An Overlooked English Grammatical Category Distinction -- The Structure of One Type of American English Vulgar Minimizer -- The Openness of Natural Languages -- Junk Syntax 1: A Supposed Account of Strong Crossover Effects -- Junk Syntax 2: "There Remain a Few As Yet Unexplained Exceptions" -- Junk Ethics 1: Advances in Linguistic Rhetoric -- Junk Refereeing: Our Tax Dollars at Work -- Junk Ethics 2: The Most Irresponsible Passage. 330 $aConsists of an introduction and two groups of essays, each with a connecting theme. The first, positive group, contains five studies of English syntax. The second, negative group of papers, contains seven essays each of which seeks to show that aspects of contemporary linguistic activity are in part contaminated by elements of 'junk linguistics'. 606 $aGrammar, Comparative and general 606 $aEnglish language$xSyntax 606 $aLinguistic analysis (Linguistics) 615 0$aGrammar, Comparative and general. 615 0$aEnglish language$xSyntax. 615 0$aLinguistic analysis (Linguistics) 676 $a415 700 $aPostal$b Paul Martin$f1936-$0191604 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910824181703321 996 $aSkeptical linguistic essays$9263921 997 $aUNINA