You might have heard of phonology-free syntax; this posting is about phrenology-free syntax, syntax without the bumps. Fasten your seatbelts; it’s going to be a bumpy night. (As Bette Davis’s character Margo Channing said in the 1950 film All About Eve — though the quote has become famous with “bumpy ride” rather than “bumpy night”.) … Continue reading Syntax without the bumps