As I recall, no modern Chomskyan would use the crude and early 'surface' and 'deep.' Anyone remotely in the know has converted to S and D by now. :-)
Chris ....... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo > On Feb 2, 2014, at 9:54 AM, "Mike Palij" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, 02 Feb 2014 06:40:17 -0800, Jim Clark wrote: > >Are you asking about surface or deep structure? > > Any dyed in the wool Chomskyite would of course say deep structure. > But given that today is also the Superb Owl day and chicken wings > will be a popular food, one might want to say "deep fried" structure. > True, Buffalo chicken wings are not deep fried but there are recipes > where they are, along with deep fried Oreos and Twinkies. > I would not know about deep fried groundhog -- I defer to Tipsters > where interactions with groundhogs are more common. > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected] > > P.S. Message #3 for me! > > > Sent from my iPhone > ------ Original Message -------- > On Feb 2, 2014, at 7:05 AM, "Mike Palij" wrote: > > Well, the Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow today (even > though it was cloudy and rainy in Punxsutawney, PA) which means > that there will be six more weeks of winter. Upon hearing this, > I wonder: > > (1) Has anyone ever constructed a flowchart (possibly Rube Goldberg > in nature) that shows the stages that link the act of a groundhog seeing its > shadow on Feb 2 and how soon spring weather will appear? Pictures > or photos of the process would be appreciated. > > (2) On the Weather Channel, it is obvious that there is Cabal that > handle Phil and communicate with him in "Groundhogese". But > what exactly is the nature of this language? I believe that it is > a language developed by Groundhogs to communicate with humans, > especially to display their exceptional ability to predict natural events, > so, what are it's properties? How would Chomsky describe its > syntax ("Beastly!"), its phonology, morphology, vocabulary, etc? > Are there polite and rude forms of Groundhogese? What constitutes > swear/curse/taboo words? Are there regional differences and dialects? > Inquiring minds want to know. > > NOTE: even the Weather channel people were shocked, you hear, > shocked! that Phil saw his shadow. Just goes to show that modern > science just can't compare with old fashioned animal instincts! > > -Mike Palij > New York University > [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> > > P.S. Not surprisingly, Staten Island Chuck also saw his shadow, indicating > six more weeks of winter. Given the kind of weather some parts of the U.S. > have been experiencing, I'd bet that it's going to be a lot longer before > spring > weather appears but, alas, I've all my money tied up Superb Owl bets. > C'mon! Baby needs a pair of shoes! > > --- > > You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. > > To unsubscribe click here: > http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62bd92&n=T&l=tips&o=33839 > > (It may be necessary to cut and paste the above URL if the line is broken) > > or send a blank email to > leave-33839-430248.781165b5ef80a3cd2b14721caf62b...@fsulist.frostburg.edu > > > > > > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=33844 or send a blank email to leave-33844-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
