“Adjectives and Adverbs: Syntax, Semantics and Discourse“, a volume that Louise McNally and Chris Kennedy edited for the Oxford University Press, has just came out. The website for everyone who wants to rush out and get a copy is: 
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Amy Dahlstrom on the Importance of Meskwaki
Amy Dahlstrom is an invited speaker at the Meskwaki symposium this Saturday. She will be talking about “The Importance of Language and the Importance of Meskwai”.
Paul Friedrick on The Linguistics of World Poetry
The Departments of Anthropology and Linguistics and the Committee on Social Though present:
“The Linguistics of World Poetry”
Paul Friedrich
Wednesday, March 12, 2008
4:30 p.m., Haskell Hall Room 101
Kennedy at SALT 18
The program for this year’s SALT has now been posted. Chris Kenndey will be presenting “What an ‘average’ semantics needs” with Jason Stanley from Rutgers.
Merchant on “a couple of”
Jason Merchant’s theory on “a couple of” was discussed in William Safire’s recent musing on the different usages of “of”. To see why Safire wants to “fall off of” his chair, here’s the full article.