John Goldsmith

Professor of Linguistics and Computer Science

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Take a look at my posting on Claude's deeply biased reporting on history, and her reflections on her own failings. James Angleton and the nuclear bomb.
https://t.co/4DFzDnhAt8? #AI #Claude

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Check out: Claude's sense of humor, part 2; in which we find out if Claude's sense of humor can become generative

https://t.co/EKZopc2bva

[John Goldsmith @JohnAGoldsmith]

Check out: Claude's sense of humor, part 2; in which we find out if Claude's sense of humor can become generative

https://t.co/EKZopc2bva

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I've posted a video to Youtube which is the second half of the discussion of "Europe comes to New York" -- about the impact on American linguistics of the Europeans coming to New York in the 1930s and 1940s -- a big story...comments very welcome.

https://t.co/fhnjrBR16w

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I just posted a video on Youtube called "Europe comes to New York : Jakobson, New York, and World War II"

https://t.co/Zn5tkCVc0v

#battleinthemindfields
#historyoflinguistics

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I've posted a new video to YouTube on Zellig Harris -- his life and his linguistics -- from a forthcoming book, a follow-up to Battle in the Mind Fields.
https://t.co/COFV29boRD
#battleinthemindfields #historyoflinguistics

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@paulgp @jepinkham Whew

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@reggieshuman Fantastic! In NY or Pa?

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I just posted a video review of Randy Harris's The Linguistics Wars, a book about the rise of generative grammar, and the conflicts between Chomsky and, well, a lot of people:
https://t.co/yxPOFcMuaH

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Thunder Runs: Analyzing Ukraine's Devastating New Tactic https://t.co/5O93szHkje via @YouTubeCreators Very interesting analysis of Ukraine’s military strategy leading to the unexpected breakthrough in the Northeast.

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@peetklecha Congratulations!

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Congratulations to you!

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So glad you're enjoying it —

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@haspelmath @odiogopinheiro @MaxPapillon1 A principal (and principled) objection is deeper: that the distinction between C and P is methodological (i.e., made by the observer, not by the system observed), and therefore claims to disregard any particular phenomenon are *choices* of the linguist.

[Middle Age Riot @middleageriot]

PHOTO FUN: Find the emotional woman.

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@RealLifeLore22 I signed up but can't find modrrn confluct there--

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Russia's Catastrophic Oil & Gas Problem https://t.co/safz8XSmQg via @YouTube very revealing video on Russia and the geopolitics of oil.

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@paulgp Many tears both for you and for Bayes

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@sophiepinkhmmm Not a novelbut an honorable mention: Jacques Brel’s Marieke.

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My physical therapist said I was a dead ringer for Gene Wilder…