LEADER 03222nam 2200829Ia 450 001 9910966210203321 005 20240912143605.0 010 $a9786610534036 010 $a9786612366925 010 $a9780190290412 010 $a0190290412 010 $a9780197722404 010 $a0197722407 010 $a9781280534034 010 $a1280534036 010 $a9780195180763 010 $a0195180763 010 $a9781282366923 010 $a1282366920 010 $a9780195343663 010 $a0195343662 010 $a9781602569386 010 $a160256938X 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(MiAaPQ)EBC31914664 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL31914664 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 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aOxford ;$aNew York $cOxford University Press$d2004 215 $a1 online resource (421 pages) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780195166729 311 08$a0195166728 311 08$a9780195166712 311 08$a019516671X 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 $a9910966210203321 996 $aSkeptical linguistic essays$9263921 997 $aUNINA