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Speculative Grammarian PodcastClose and Extended Relative Clauses—A Critical AccountClose and Extended Relative Clauses—A Critical Account; by Fang Gui-Ling; From Volume CLXIV, Number 4, of Speculative Grammarian, June 2012 — Analytical approaches to relative clauses have by and large incorporated the growing body of evidence regarding biological constraints on embedding. Labeling higher-ranked relatives as mothers, for example, sits well with our understanding that mother-child is the closest relative bond there is. Laboratory research on mice confirms that naturally embedded offspring are regularly found within their mothers, not their fathers. (Read by Cathal Peelo.)2016-02-2900 minSpeculative Grammarian PodcastOn Some Acoustic Correlates of IsoglossyOn Some Acoustic Correlates of Isoglossy; by Robert L. Rankin; From Lingua Pranca, June, 1978 — At the very end of Anton Chekhov’s play The Cherry Orchard there is a reference to a peculiar sound. (Read by Cathal Peelo.)2013-11-0800 minSpeculative Grammarian PodcastOn the Quantum Nature of Linguistic Fame—A Reply to SlaterOn the Quantum Nature of Linguistic Fame—A Reply to Slater; by Cadwallader Colden; From Volume CLXVII, Number 3, of Speculative Grammarian, June 2013 — Dear Sirs: / Your a̶u̶g̶u̶s̶t̶ ̶s̶t̶e̶r̶l̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶h̶o̶n̶o̶u̶r̶a̶b̶l̶e̶ ̶e̶s̶t̶i̶m̶a̶b̶l̶e̶ ̶c̶r̶e̶d̶i̶t̶a̶b̶l̶e̶ ̶r̶e̶p̶u̶t̶a̶b̶l̶e̶ ̶o̶c̶c̶a̶s̶i̶o̶n̶a̶l̶l̶y̶ ̶i̶n̶o̶f̶f̶e̶n̶s̶i̶v̶e̶ journal recently published a sketch of a mathematical model for the fame of a linguist...2013-08-1600 minSpeculative Grammarian PodcastFifty Grades of AFifty Grades of A; by i ɛl dʒemz; From Volume CLXV, Number 1, of Speculative Grammarian, July 2012 — Get the book that everyone’s talking about... (Read by Trey Jones, Cathal Peelo, Claude Searsplainpockets, Veronika Reeve, and Brianne Hughes.)2013-08-1300 minSpeculative Grammarian PodcastStrings and Things: A Unificational Meta-Theory for All LinguisticsStrings and Things: A Unificational Meta-Theory for All Linguistics; by Trent Slater; From Volume CLXVII, Number 2, of Speculative Grammarian, May 2013 — Despite the best efforts in those sciences that ignore the importance of morphological historiography, it has so far proved impossible to provide one theory to rule them all. Thus, as head of the largest group of linguistic meta-theoreticians in the Whole World, I feel that it falls to me to propose and prove a Grand Theory of Everything Linguistic. (Read by Cathal Peelo.)2013-07-0500 minSpeculative Grammarian PodcastHandbook for Linguistic Elicitation, Volume 28: Laziness and InactivityHandbook for Linguistic Elicitation, Volume 28: Laziness and Inactivity; by Editors of Psammeticus Press; From Volume CLXVII, Number 2, of Speculative Grammarian, May 2013 — Handbook for Linguistic Elicitation, Volume 28: Laziness and Inactivity / From the Editors of Psammeticus Press / Published 2013. (Read by Cathal Peelo.)2013-05-3100 min