Today I lost my mind on Twitter and pointed out some often misused words & punctuation marks. For posterity, I will enumerate them again here, having wiped off the overtones of condescension and annoyance.
1. Apostrophe use: some simple guidelines.
Apostrophes do not mark plural. [...]
to explain the data in the last post:
Ruth E. Cisneros | LING 590 | Formulaic Language
Formulaic Language & Humor:
An overview of idiomatic language usage in comedy
I. Introduction
The initial focus of this paper was to explore the intersection between formulaic [...]
Formulaic Language & Humor:
I. Judy Grimes, Travel Writer – Use of “just kidding:”
II. Nick Fehn, Political Humorist – Use of many idiomatic expressions:
III. Chocolate – acting out of a language chunk:
McCreery, John L. 1995. Negotiating With Demons: The Uses of Magical Language. American Ethnologist. Vol. 22, No. 1. 144-164.
first way of reading transcription of an incantation by a Taoist healer in Taipei is as text. However, “dislocated from this primary context, assertions about the significance of particular words or phrases are dubious at best.” [...]