NP but not NP-List re Baker on deconstruction

[Otto]

Indeed, this Steve from NYC got it:

>
> Thanks, Norm, for the post on Baker's Atoms of Language, I enjoyed reading
> his description of grammar structures as a grounding force for meaning. I
was
> troubled, however, by his use of postmodernism--a concept in which he
> disclaims expert status (and rightly so, considering how badly he gets
> it)--as a straw man for detailing his linguistic theory. Since this is a
> quote it isn't clear what else he has to say about the postmodern or if he
> makes it clear what he means by postmodernism, which is a notoriously
> promiscuous concept.
>

Notorious Promiscuity -- now I know why I like PoMo:-)

Otto

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Subject: NP but not NP-List re Baker on deconstruction