Form follows function (not)

[Shravan Vasishth]

In order to ask this question sensibly, please read (and understand) the
book mentioned in:

http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~keller/papers/cowart.html

Then read (and understand) the book mentioned in:

http://www.cogsci.ed.ac.uk/~keller/papers/schuetze.html

After that, read (and apply) the following book:

http://psych.fullerton.edu/mbirnbaum/web/IntroWeb.htm

You will then be able to access a large pool of English native speakers
from Bochum, to whom you can pose your questions in a somewhat more
scientific manner.

On Thu, 5 Apr 2001, Tibor Kiss wrote:

> Hi,
>
> how that I am getting replies where 'form follows function', I dare ask
> another question:
>
> Where can I insert an adverb between a series of auxiliaries in English,
> i.e.
>
> (1) John has often been asking strange questions.
> (2) John has been often asking strange questions.
> (3) John often has been asking strange questions.
>
> I assume that (2) and (3) are bad. What do the experts say? (ok, I can find
> all the answers in Pollock (1989), but I don't want to go into that.)
>
> Best
>
> T.
>
>
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> You come here, you must think about minimalism
>
>

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Shravan Vasishth
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