tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post7604628920802654552..comments2024-03-10T23:01:51.493-05:00Comments on Stupid Motivational Tricks / Bemsha Swing: Claims Jonathanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-26149825034291217912014-05-06T11:33:54.797-05:002014-05-06T11:33:54.797-05:00Whoops, you're right. So not meaningfully dist...Whoops, you're right. So not meaningfully distinct from the other example. And in this "realistic" story, as opposed to the fantastical Funes, the character of the prose is similar, and rather ornate. Parallels could be drawn to Lampedusa's style, also a lapidary postwar distillate of a traditional grandiloquence.Vance Maverickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477306994564623348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-25660775207625293452014-05-06T10:39:34.801-05:002014-05-06T10:39:34.801-05:00You left out germánica, but your point stands. I w...You left out germánica, but your point stands. I would say that more sentences have adjectives than not, so it is still inaccurate to say that he seldom or rarely uses them. This is another iconic story, "El sur." Jonathanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09371893596402673898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-84315138037947729392014-05-06T10:28:57.794-05:002014-05-06T10:28:57.794-05:00El hombre que desembarcó en Buenos Aires en 1871 s...<i>El hombre que desembarcó en Buenos Aires en 1871 se llamaba Johannes Dahlmann y era pastor de la Iglesia <b>evangélica</b>; en 1939, uno de sus nietos, Juan Dahlmann, era secretario de una biblioteca <b>municipal</b> en la calle Córdoba y se sentía hondamente <b>argentino</b>. Su abuelo <b>materno</b> había sido aquel Francisco Flores, del 2 de infantería de línea, que murió en la frontera de Vance Maverickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477306994564623348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-8078476616313771502014-05-05T14:23:01.478-05:002014-05-05T14:23:01.478-05:00I read someone who said Borges' "neo-fabu...I read someone who said Borges' "neo-fabulist novels" are to contemporary manners what Balzac was to the manners of the nineteenth century. So I guess it could be worse.Thomashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04858865501469168339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1055932257464975902.post-35540774755761752312014-05-05T12:26:28.282-05:002014-05-05T12:26:28.282-05:00As any regular Language Log reader knows, numerica...As any regular Language Log reader knows, numerical claims about frequency are often based on ... no actual counting whatsoever.Andrew Shieldshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02804655739574694901noreply@blogger.com