Jeet Heer has mastered the art of confidently using pretentious words he doesn't understand, knowing that most people will be too intimidated to challenge him and risk looking stupid. But some of us know what gestalt means, and that ain't it.
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Or you could read a real linguist like Joan Bybee, whose contributions to historical linguistics have been extensive, while Steven Pinker has mostly contributed to the field of complaining about vocal fry.
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With all of the toxic male behavior going around right now a hack like Pinker may not be the best person to quote.https://twitter.com/magi_jay/status/972958282125062144?s=21 …
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As someone w/ an advanced degree in Ling, I would not necessarily recommend that book. Also, if you read beyond that book, you might realize that linguistic shifts aren’t universally applied between popular language use & more esoteric borrowings from academiapic.twitter.com/hgByak3voL
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With all due respect, I'm going to trust Noam Chomsky, who endorsed the book and knows a thing or two about linguistics, over you.
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Do you really think you need to cite anybody (let alone Pinker) for the obvious point that words change meaning?
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look your point is obviously right but why recommend pinker when you could recommend de saussure!
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Jesus. This tweet is your defense of your language use? Did you proof read?
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