Date:    Thu, 9 Apr 1998 14:15:10 -0400
<br>From:    Gregory {Greg} Downing <downingg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]IS2.NYU.EDU>
<br>Subject: Re: more on non-negative "un"
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<br>At 10:17 AM 4/9/98 -0500, you wrote:
<br>>Last night on CNN, a Hollywood reporter twice (within a few seconds)
<br>>referred to singer George Michael as having been caught in an
<br>>"uncompromising" position (or situation--don't remember which) when the LA
<br>>cops arrested him in a park restroom yesterday.
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<br>So, a general question: How does one draw the boundary between (so to speak)
<br>"common performative error" and "empirically observed, descriptivistically
<br>existent linguistic mode"? It would seem paradoxical to say that "common
<br>performative error" is a null set....
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<br>Pardon the philosophical issue....
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<br>Gregory {Greg} Downing, at greg.downing[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]nyu.edu or downingg[AT SYMBOL GOES HERE]is2.nyu.edu
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