Nod and Smile

The adventures of Jean Crawford, Starr Linguist

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Thanks for Hating On Me

October 10th, 2007 · No Comments

I wrote this song for everybody who is mad at somebody about their blessings.
Mostly for family, you know, cause that…that thing does happen.
So cousin so-and-so whoever you are out there: Heh heh.
–Jill Scott, on VH1 Soul

Yes, Jill, that thing does happen. And in my case, mostly with family (but not my cousins). Thank […]

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The comics people have spies in our department…

October 9th, 2007 · No Comments


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Grammaticality Judgement Testing Software

May 17th, 2007 · 1 Comment

I saw this posting for MiniJudge Software, a software that is supposed to help you create proper grammaticality judgement tasks.  Haven’t played with it yet, but it could be helpful.  And free, no excuses not to use it.
If it works, they should give it out to students before syntax classes to see how their judgements […]

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