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minimal spell-out domains

Hey all,
Ok. So this isn’t a big topic, but perhaps worthy of punksinscience in that it deals with extremes, in a way. What do all you linguists out there think of single morpheme cycles/phases/spellout domains/command units? Anyone know anyone if anyone has discussed this?
-H
“Everything gets speeded up in our memories, so it winds up going through some kind of contemporary, like, slightly punk-rock filter.”(Ruyter Suys - Nashville Pussy. Just saw them here in Montreal. It was a great show, with wonderful peoplewatchability. Too lazy to comment in the music section!)

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6 Responses to “minimal spell-out domains”
JKP
October 2nd, 2006 @ 1:00 pm

Hey syngirl, could you maybe spell out (heh) what you mean by “single morpheme cycles…”? Or tell us where to read about it?? Sounds interesting.

What do you think about the recent overpass collapse in Montreal? Nasty business.

Nashville Pussy must have been a fun show. The last show we saw here in NY was Shellac, it was fantastic. Wish I could have gone to Chicago for the Touch and Go fest. : (

syngirl
October 2nd, 2006 @ 2:38 pm

Hey JKP. I don’t know where you can read about it, except in some of my stuff (e.g. http://www.sole.leidenuniv.nl/content_docs/ConsoleXIII2004pdfs/ConsoleXIIIProceedings/console13-newell.pdf ) -where it’s not discussed in particular. What I’m looking at is word-internal adjuncts (e.g. un, re … in unlikely, re-move). Assuming adjuncts are separate spellout domains, and a single morpho-syntactic derivation, single morpheme spellout domains should be possible. Reactions to this seems to go either way I’ve found - complete acceptence or utter incredulity. I was just wondering if anyone knew anyone else who had discussed this, or had any thoughts of their own?

Yeah, the overpass was insane, and the second time something like that has happened in a few years. I don’t know if you know the roads up here, but were you to drive on the highway with your eyes closed you’d know when you’d reached Quebec by feel. They’re a joke. Although not a very funny one obviously. You’d think with the insane amount of taxes we pay in this province they could at least make sure we could go about out day without being endangered by stationary inanimate objects. Especially ones that were inspected earlier in the day due to complaints about falling chunks of concrete!

Wow. I wish I could have gone to Chicago too. It would have been better than the two weddings I went to that weekend! Although I must confess having never heard of shellac. Just looked them up, but will have to wait ’til later to fully peruse. It’s amazing how quickly children pick up language, and then learn to berate you for listening to certain things. oops!

JKP
October 3rd, 2006 @ 1:36 pm

Your paper looks good, I’ll try to read it as soon as possible. Off the top of my head I’m quite sympathetic to the idea, especially if it helps explain the weird morphosyntax of adjuncts.

I heard about the previous overpass collapse. That’s really fucked. It’s so insane and suicidal to plan mass transportation systems around automobiles! In addition to all the other well-known problems (such as traffic congestion, carbon emissions and other pollution, over 1 million people killed annually by autos worldwide, etc.), maintenance and repair of auto infrastructure sucks up scarce public resources, but if the infrastructure is neglected…even more victims.

Shellac is Steve Albini’s band (he used to be in Big Black). They play excellent “math rock,†you should totally check it out if you’re into that sort of thing.

I was really curious about this: “It’s amazing how quickly children pick up language, and then learn to berate you for listening to certain things. oops!†Assuming you mean your own children, what do they berate you for listening to?? What kind of music do they like??

syngirl
October 17th, 2006 @ 4:30 pm

Hey JKP,
Been a while! Yes, adjuncts are the rebels you have to love. I was listening to a shellac song online, I forget which one, and my daughter walked into the room and berated me for listening to things with ‘bad words’ in them :p She’s just come off a Bad Religion kick, and now is into the Sounds - but her one love is surf instrumental - Ventures, Laika and the Cosmonauts, Surfaris, and silly surf, like the Aquabats. If anyone has any musical suggestions for prepreteens I’d love to hear ‘em!

JKP
October 19th, 2006 @ 2:06 pm

Hi again syngirl, we were down for a while, all hail kaphaine for taking care of PIS!!! You rock!!!

I suggest hardcore punk, metal, and independent rock music for preteens. That’s what I listened to, and see, I turned out just fine! ; ) But seriously, if your daughter likes surf instrumental, she must be into Man or Astroman, right? If not, you all should check them out, they’re a great live band too! Also, do you guys like Sleater-Kinney? They’re an all-female band from the NW, they came out of the Riot Grrl scene I think. SK is one of the best bands ever, they’ve put out like 10 solid albums, you can’t go wrong.

And what preteen is offended by ‘bad words’? I’ve always fuckin’ loved ‘em!!!! >: 0

syngirl
October 26th, 2006 @ 5:30 pm

Ahhh, you missed an extra pre- JKP. 9 year old girls are very proper, in my experience, even if fascinated with ‘bad’ things. Also, their fathers might not like them coming home swearing like sailors :P . Sleater Kinney does not seem to be my thing, and Man or Astroman was given a thumbs down by my wee bairn, although I do appreciate them. I hope, regardless of the non-punkrockedness, that she’ll turn out just fine anyway. We all rebel against our parents right?

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