February 15, 2006

… is a language?

Filed under: Language, Austin

I’m enjoying the conversation with Thiago and others over at Long Sunday about Austin, in the comments on a post on a piece by Michael Berube. (more…)

January 5, 2006

… is lexical rigidity?

To be even more obtuse, maybe it should be “relative (ideo)lexical rigidity.” Eric and I have been having a conversation by email about modes of speech, and power plays related to them. (more…)