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<DIV><SPAN class=153164212-03012010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Hi
Adam, and a happy new year 2u2.</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=153164212-03012010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>Isn't
it ^life' ( a function from possible worlds to predicates that classify life in
those worlds)?</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV><SPAN class=153164212-03012010><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff size=2>I
thought it was Emmon Bach. I know for sure it was referenced in Barwise and
Perry, but my copy's gone walkies so I can't give you the exact quote. I do
remember they said 'which would be funny if it wasn't such a reductio ad
absurdum of man's search for ...' (and woman's, presumably, though they don't
mention her).</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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size=2>Pete</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> corpora-bounces@uib.no
[mailto:corpora-bounces@uib.no] <B>On Behalf Of </B>Adam
Kilgarriff<BR><B>Sent:</B> 02 January 2010 05:46<BR><B>To:</B>
corpora@uib.no<BR><B>Subject:</B> [Corpora-List] What is the meaning of
life?<BR></FONT><BR></DIV>
<DIV></DIV>Answer: life prime
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<DIV>Does anyone have a source for my favourite formal linguistics joke?
(I heard it attributed to Montague, of Montague grammar, but I have no
idea if that's right)</DIV>
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<DIV>happy new year</DIV>
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<DIV>adam<BR clear=all><BR>--
<BR>================================================<BR>Adam Kilgarriff
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<BR>Lexical Computing Ltd
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