definite descriptions and such

I was having another look at Gerhard Antretter's Deutsch zu Zweit, and decided to see what he had to say about articles. The index gave...

new game new game new game

Language Hat quotes Remy de Gourmont in a post on The Writer's Capital Crime : Conformism, imitativeness, submission to rules and to tea...

Lexique Pro

I sent an e-mail to Languagehat asking advice on elicitation for a book I was writing. LH passed the e-mail on to Claire Bowern of Yale, who...

long days

Went to an amazing event in TARARTRAT 's apartment last night. Vattenfall has cut off the electricity so it was lit with 200 candles. A...

intercostal clavicle

My mother is visiting Berlin. I've been preparing my apartment to sublet. Much running about. The second day of my mother's visit I...

when is a hand-out not a hand-out

Currently waging a war against administration as the University have decided to ban students from accessing online resources until their fee...

silence

Before calling Luc, Pierre and I had talked about the place of silence, and more generally the question of time, in interviews and in their ...