Liberman — Far from the Madding Gerund

Book page: liberman-pullum-far-from-madding-gerund

From: Quotes batch 12

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Edition: William, Oliver & Charles (2006)

On Linguistic Identity

“The way we talk about grammar is almost always a proxy for the way we feel about the people who use it.” (p. 24)

On Cognition

“Our brains are hardwired for syntax, but our culture is what determines which rules we feel are ‘correct’.” (p. 56)