Scalia v. the linguists

[Dennis Baron]

and for even more fun, try J. Stevens' dissent -- at least he thinks
we might be on to something, and he knows how to write convincingly.
Mad Hatter indeed. Watch this space for my response to Nino -- it
involves hand gestures, btw.

Dennis
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On Jun 27, 2008, at 4:32 PM, Laurence Horn wrote:

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> [Relayed from Will Salmon:]
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> Did you catch Antonin Scalia's swat at the authors of "The Linguist
> Brief" (which includes Dennis Baron) in his opinion in the DC handgun
> case? It comes from page 15 of the report:
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> "A purposive qualifying phrase that contradicts the word or phrase it
> modifies is unknown this side of the looking glass (except,
> apparently,
> in some courses on Linguistics)."
> http://www.scotusblog.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2008/06/07-2901.pdf
>
> It turns out to be a fascinating read, especially the first part where
> the grammar of the 2nd amendment is dealt with.
>
> LH
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