AR Deal
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Work: linguistics prof @ UC Berkeley | syntax, semantics, language documentation. Life: family, cats, nature, quiet
Musgrave nails it as always
November 4, 2025 at 5:07 PM
Musgrave nails it as always
Linguistics prof here, Singer is legit!
August 2, 2025 at 3:06 AM
Linguistics prof here, Singer is legit!
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When longtime homeowners stand up at a community meeting about proposed zoning changes and say “we should not allow apartments in this neighborhood because it will hurt my property values,” they are colluding to jack up rents by creating artificial housing scarcity.
January 24, 2025 at 6:20 PM
When longtime homeowners stand up at a community meeting about proposed zoning changes and say “we should not allow apartments in this neighborhood because it will hurt my property values,” they are colluding to jack up rents by creating artificial housing scarcity.
We all have our red lines somewhere…
December 12, 2024 at 3:51 AM
We all have our red lines somewhere…
That would be amazing
November 18, 2024 at 1:06 AM
That would be amazing
“We asked three Trump voters in a diner…”
November 17, 2024 at 3:47 PM
“We asked three Trump voters in a diner…”
It’s brutal. Should be classified as horror not (just) sci fi
November 17, 2024 at 3:18 PM
It’s brutal. Should be classified as horror not (just) sci fi
Ranked choice voting means it's not enough to vote for the pro-housing candidate, you also have to decide if you prefer "bully city employees until they quit and brag about it" or "rage-quit the city council"
November 15, 2024 at 4:29 PM
Ranked choice voting means it's not enough to vote for the pro-housing candidate, you also have to decide if you prefer "bully city employees until they quit and brag about it" or "rage-quit the city council"
Seriously tho what happened to that guy?
November 12, 2024 at 10:43 PM
Seriously tho what happened to that guy?
I wrote a book about indexical shift—the phenomenon whereby words like “I” refer to the person whose speech or attitude is being reported, in languages such as Japanese, Farsi, Korean, Navajo, or Uyghur direct.mit.edu/books/monogr...
A Theory of Indexical Shift: Meaning, Grammar, and Crosslinguistic Variation
A comprehensive overview of the semantics and syntax of indexical shift that develops a constrained typology of the phenomenon across languages.The phenome
direct.mit.edu
November 12, 2024 at 6:34 PM
I wrote a book about indexical shift—the phenomenon whereby words like “I” refer to the person whose speech or attitude is being reported, in languages such as Japanese, Farsi, Korean, Navajo, or Uyghur direct.mit.edu/books/monogr...
This pace of counting is absolutely insane
November 12, 2024 at 3:13 AM
This pace of counting is absolutely insane
Reminded of the MLK quote: “You have very little morally persuasive power with people who can feel your underlying contempt.”
November 11, 2024 at 11:47 PM
Reminded of the MLK quote: “You have very little morally persuasive power with people who can feel your underlying contempt.”
Impressive! What’s your secret?
November 10, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Impressive! What’s your secret?