Tag: linguistics

• Tree Is Not Arbol (Unless You Add Silly String)

  Bill Readings introduced me to semiotics in my undergraduate days at Syracuse University. His class was Contemporary Literary Theory, a 200 level course, so nowhere near enough knowledge to rest a proper degree upon, which was fine—Bill held space for us to focus for a few hours a week, learning how to both listen and […]

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  May 17, 2006

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  Bill Readings, Blade Runner, deconstruction, Ferdinand de Saussure, information architecture, internet, knowledge, linguistics, philosophy, politics, postmodernism, Roland Barthes, tagging

• Ali G And Noam Chomsky: Perfect Harmony

  Two master linguists, in an interview for the ages: […] AG: So when animals chat to each other, does them talk in language? NC: Well, that’s more or less a matter of definition. I mean, every organism has some means of communication, including insects. AG: How many words does you know? NC: Well… the… normally […]

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  May 2, 2006

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  Ali G, interview, linguistics, Noam Chomsky, satire, video