[Corpora-List] corpus linguistics

[P Resnik]

On 9/16/07, Rob Freeman <lists at chaoticlanguage.com> wrote:
> Perhaps there might indeed be grounds to consider the
> establishment of a separate corpora-announce list which would contain only
> things of interest to those who do not wish to debate or be confronted
with
> new ideas.

How incredibly insulting, as must be evident even to those in support of
continuing the discussion in this forum.

Way back in July, Steve Finch wrote:

If your goal is to produce a theory of the structure of language in terms of
> the sort of theories of syntax that Chomsky pioneered and in the paradigm
> which he introduced ... I have seen very little evidence that the sort of
> study that goes on in corpus linguistics has very much insightful to add
> to that enterprise.
>

and in my reply I commented

There are interesting arguments to make regarding the underlying premise
> ("If your goal is..."), but there are also uninteresting, interminable
> arguments and I'm not going to be the one to start us down that path.
>

Well, you can't blame me for trying.

People should judge for themselves whether particular arguments being put
forth are new or interesting, but there can be no doubt that they are
interminable.   There is a long tradition of creating new discussion forums
when a branch of discussion takes on a life of its own on a subtopic of
interest.  If you are particularly interested in children's books, you can
read rec.arts.books.children, and this suggests no value judgments at all
about the worth of children's literature discussions relative to books in
general. Given how easy it is these days to create and subscribe to new
blogs and mailing lists these days, I'm totally at a loss as to why such a
courteous and win-win solution should not be taken by those who are
interested in continuing the discussion in question.

  Philip
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