really solidifying my theory that understanding chinese anaphora and pronoun scope is how I successfully use and teach neopronouns in english, a language that assumes “pronouns” is a closed class that can’t be added to
https://twitter.com/sqiouyilu/status/1592951493610549248
tired: pronouns are a closed lexical class. you can’t add to them
wired: pronouns are merely a means to reference, and anything can be used as the short name of that reference
wired: pronouns are merely a means to reference, and anything can be used as the short name of that reference
bless being on tumblr at the peak of bun/bunself and bo/bot/botself and similar neopronoun explosion for giving me, a linguist, incredibly ample data to work with to support my theory
and bless resources like @PronounsPage that list further supporting data such as emoji pronouns
and bless resources like @PronounsPage that list further supporting data such as emoji pronouns
whenever ppl review #InTheWatchfulCity & say “I still didn’t understand the pronouns by the end of the book, were they just like, names or something?
I whisper “yesssss” bc the fact that the reader finished the book & understood exactly that is proof my book installed a language
I whisper “yesssss” bc the fact that the reader finished the book & understood exactly that is proof my book installed a language
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