Three classic posts
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Over the past week, there have been several thousand new readers of a series of posts from five years ago, apparently because they were referenced in a popular place.
"Dinosaur intonation", 8/28/2021
"Hummed 'I don't know'", 8/29/2021
"More 'I don't know'", 8/31/2021
There are some resonances with a conference paper from 52 years ago — "Prosodic form and discourse function", CLS 1974. Unfortunately Ivan Sag's kazoo performances from the original conference presentation have not been preserved.
wgj said,
June 30, 2026 @ 11:40 am
Sorry for off-topic. I'm seeing reports – though none from authoritative sources – that Prof. Mair has passed away. Can we get some clarification here please?
Anthony Bruck said,
June 30, 2026 @ 1:00 pm
https://www.facebook.com/denis.mair.9/posts/in-memorium-victor-henry-mair-1943325-2026628-we-had-a-good-run-as-brothers-he-h/1630320514709172/
david said,
June 30, 2026 @ 1:53 pm
Holding Victor in the Light.