Day: September 17, 2009

My Friend the Fruitfly: A Cautionary Tale

“In Saussure’s theory, this was achieved through two epistemological strategies: by separating the diachronic from the synchronic perspective of analysis, positing them as orthogonal dimensions, and privileging synchronic analysis as the primary perspective of linguistic study…” If you know what that means and can tell me before I leave for school in a few minutes, I’d be much obliged. Last night a wee fly kept following me around. I swatted at it. (If you are […]

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