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Re: Chomsky, rain and ice cubes
- To: pzellmer@ix14.ix.netcom.com
- Subject: Re: Chomsky, rain and ice cubes
- From: Micheal Palmer <mwpalmer@earthlink.net>
- Date: Thu, 15 May 1997 20:20:06 -0700 (PDT)
- Cc: Clayton Bartholomew <c.s.bartholomew@worldnet.att.net>, B-Greek list <b-greek-digest@virginia.edu>, furuli@online.no
- In-Reply-To: <337AA172.2521@popd.ix.netcom.com>
- References: <l03010d01afa000a8adec@[38.11.183.38]>
I wrote:
>> I would like to address a common misperception of Chomsky's work which
>> *seems* to be reflected here. Chomsky (long ago) proposed a distinction
>> between deep structure and surface structure (which he has sense rejected)
>> in a very specific grammatical sense. The assumptions of dynamic
>> equivalence are 'based on' that distinction in about as direct a way as ice
>> cubes are based on thunder storms. (Thunder storms bring water. Ice cubes
>> are made of water.)
And Paul Zellmer responded:
>But thunderstorms are often the source of ice in the form of hail ;^>
Well... I guess I stand corrected. :-)
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Micheal W. Palmer
Religion & Philosophy
Meredith College
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