Arnold M. Zwicky is Consulting Professor of Linguistics, Stanford University, and Distinguished University Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, Ohio State University. The professor investigates “the interrelationships of syntax, morphology, and phonology, focusing especially on apparent counterexamples to the Principle of Phonology-Free Syntax and the Principle of Morphology-Free Syntax, as well as phenomena (like clitics) that appear […]
Die Fledermaus in the breakfast cereal
Chemischen und Veterinäruntersuchungsämter (CVUA) in Stuttgart, Germany, issued a report about a recent investigation. Translated (automatically, by Google) into English, it begins: Surprise at breakfast A report from our laboratory work Consumers found mummified bat in wholegrain wheat flakes A curious appeal trial was recently presented to us: consumers had in their “mini Zimties whole […]
Life-saving brassieres: Yet another example
The history of life-saving brassieres has yet another chapter, this one a first-person narrative written by Jessica Bruinsmain in The Guardian: Experience: My bra saved my life ‘I crashed against rock, barely stopping myself from rolling straight off the ledge into the valley below’… The previous chapter — a chapter still unfolding — concerns Dr. […]
Kurt Verkest joins hair club for scientists (LFHCfS)
Kurt Verkest has joined the Luxuriant Flowing Hair Club for Scientists (LFHCfS). He says: I grew my hair to my mother’s annoyance 20 years ago, but it grew on me, so I keep it growing even though it no longer annoys her. Kurt Verkest, BVSc, BVBiol, MANZCVS, PhD, LFHCfS Director of Veterinary Education and Consultant in Oncology Pets […]