I will however somewhat police your use of the term "neoliberal," in this convo, though I do so on conceptual, not linguistic grounds. I could be a neoliberal, communist, socialist, anarchist, liberal, etc. & none of that would have any bearing on my knowledge of linguistics.
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The fact that you would bring this terminology up in an unrelated conversation tells me the term "neoliberal" is basically meaningless to you, outside of it being a descriptor for people who don't agree w/ you.
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Now, to be clear, perhaps some of this is a linguistic convo, given I am offering a descriptive analysis of how you use the term "neoliberal" (w/o real denotation). I am not, however, telling you you cannot use the term this way. Overall, I will say that it made 0 sense here.
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And that is, again, a conceptual judgment, not a linguistic one.
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I was wrong to denigrate your expertise (and really shouldn't have been invoking linguistics for an argument about popular usage). And, yes, whether you are a neo-liberal or not is immaterial to the issue on hand.
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Just for the record: you should be invoking linguistics for arguments about popular usage.
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I dunno -- as we argued out the debate I realized that my thinking on this rooted in morality and philosophy rather than linguistics. I think language belongs to everyone not just experts.
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Jeet, you are expressing the view of linguists. But actual behavioral/cognitive analysis does take training. I don't think you actually know what "linguistics" means. Also fairly unconvinced about "morality" and "philosophy" at this point, given just how nonsensical this point is
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I mean, obviously experts play a big role in settling questions of semantics & specialized usage, but actual linguistic creativity is shared by experts and non-experts alike. That's all I was trying to say.
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The fact that you think you would even have to argue this point kind of highlights how out of depth you are in this conversation, to be frank. No linguist polices creativity.
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When did I say they police creativity? I'm saying it's a separate question.
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Jeet I have an article that really backs up your point ! https://www.theringer.com/2016/8/23/16036530/take-the-l-internet-lexicon-4b56cba19638 …
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