Just in: confirmation that Elizabeth Traugott and Arnold Zwicky’s abstract for a paper at the 14th International Pragmatics Conference in Antwerp next July has been accepted. The abstract (somewhat revised): Derailing default interpretations: investigating the MY HOBBY webcomics by Randall Munroe. Cartoons and comic strips have main content – visuals, usually (though not always) with … Continue reading IPrC 14: My Hobby