Linguistic Trivia

Everett, Daniel DEVERETT at bentley.edu
Thu Oct 2 21:09:54 UTC 2014


And here is the song! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6nHovMYPAo


On Oct 2, 2014, at 5:07 PM, Matthew Dryer <dryer at buffalo.edu> wrote:

> Dan,
> 
> Jerry Lee Lewis recorded another song "Be My Guest" which was co-written by Geoff Pullum and Shel Talmy, who is Len Talmy's brother.
> 
> Double linguistic relevance.
> 
> Matthew
> 
> On 10/2/14 4:22 PM, Everett, Daniel wrote:
>> The link below is to a 1964 song performed by Jerry Lee Lewis and his band. It is on a couple of Lewis’s albums. Its linguistic relevance? It was composed by a young Geoffrey Pullum.
>> 
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XayURbn0tuM
>> 
>> Dan Everett
>> 
> 



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