I woke up this morning to see this interesting question on Twitter: This is an incredibly stupid 2 questions, particularly since I have no personal experience of 2 of the 3 countries, but I’ll ask. My vague sense is that Dutch imprint on Indonesia today is lighter than British imprint on India; French in Algeria. […]
Category: Politics
The Purpose of Pelosi’s Impeachment is, Politically, Primarily Perlocutionary
One thing that legal analysts and linguists share is an obsession with words and texts, and their meaning and their function. Accordingly, we have today a debate about whether or not President Trump was actually impeached if Speaker Pelosi does not deliver the articles of impeachment to the Senate. What does it mean to be […]
