Monthly Archives: July 2018

A Very Contemporary Use of Old Dictionaries

John Mikhail, a Law Professor at Georgetown University Law School, has researched the meaning of the term “emoluments” using dictionaries dating from the time of the framing of the US Constitution, including specifically those that are known to have been … Continue reading

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For another view on Koko’s linguistic abilities

Geoffrey Pullum expresses a healthy dose of skepticism about Koko’s command of “language”: https://www.chronicle.com/blogs/linguafranca/2018/06/27/koko-is-dead-but-the-myth-of-her-linguistic-skills-lives-on/

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