the L words http://blog.case.edu/uri/ a blog on law, language, love, logic and left-wing revolutionary politics. en-us Tue, 08 Aug 2006 17:51:24 EST Tue, 08 Aug 2006 17:51:24 EST uri.strauss@case.edu uri.strauss@case.edu http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Movable Type v3.121 linguistic puzzle #2: relational nouns and "have" http://blog.case.edu/uri/2006/08/08/linguistic_puzzle_2_relational_nouns_and_have consider: (1) i have a brother (2) *the brother that i have (3) the only/tallest brother that i have also,... http://blog.case.edu/uri/2006/08/08/linguistic_puzzle_2_relational_nouns_and_have linguistics case cwru Case Western Case Western Reserve University Tue, 08 Aug 2006 17:51:24 EST consider:

(1) i have a brother (2) *the brother that i have (3) the only/tallest brother that i have

also, compare the clearly ungrammatical (2) with the not so bad (2').

(2') (?)the book that i have
]]> linguistic puzzle #1: "very" and psych-verbs http://blog.case.edu/uri/2006/08/08/linguistic_puzzle_1_very_and_psychverbs this is a puzzle concerning two different classes of psych verbs and the modification of their corresponding adjectives by the... http://blog.case.edu/uri/2006/08/08/linguistic_puzzle_1_very_and_psychverbs linguistics case cwru Case Western Case Western Reserve University Tue, 08 Aug 2006 14:03:11 EST this is a puzzle concerning two different classes of psych verbs and the modification of their corresponding adjectives by the adverbial very. i point out that very naturally modifies the adjectival correspondents of psych verbs in the frighten class, but not in the fear class.

]]> a wholesome plan, or: why linguistic puzzles? http://blog.case.edu/uri/2006/08/08/a_wholesome_plan_or_why_linguistic_puzzles "it is a wholesome plan, in thinking about logic, to stock the mind with as many puzzles as possible, since... http://blog.case.edu/uri/2006/08/08/a_wholesome_plan_or_why_linguistic_puzzles linguistics case cwru Case Western Case Western Reserve University Tue, 08 Aug 2006 13:50:21 EST "it is a wholesome plan, in thinking about logic, to stock the mind with as many puzzles as possible, since these serve much the same purpose as is served by experiments in physical science." - bertrand russell

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