The Twitter Machine: Reflections on LanguageISBN: 978-0-631-16926-0
Paperback
284 pages
January 1991, Wiley-Blackwell
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Preface.
1. Introduction.
2. Why Theory?.
3. Grammar and Gravity.
4. The Puzzle Puzzle.
5. Quails and Oysters.
6. The Oats have eaten the Horses.
7. Wilt Thou have this Man to thy wedded Wife?.
8. Must and the Randy Pachyderm.
9. Y.
10. Time and Tense.
11. Lellow Lollies.
12. Data, Evidence and the Theory Change.
13. Annie's Botty-wotty.
14. In my language we SHOUT.
15. Clive.
16. The Numbers Game.
17. Useless Grammar.
18. Linguistics as a Religion.
19. A Seditious Chameleon.
Appendix.
Glossary.
Bibliography.
Index.