Attachment postings
*Postings on modifier attachment, in VPs and NPs
Note: there is a gigantic psycholinguistics literature on attachment. This is just a listing of some postings on Language Log and AZBlog on the subject.
☛ ML, 5/1/04: Speakers vs. hearers:
[http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000843.html]
☛ AZ, 7/7/04: Don’t dangle your participles in public:
[http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001174.html]
☛ AZ, 2/22/06: Not your usual modifier attachment problem:
[http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002871.html
☛ Neal Whitman, Literal-Minded, 4/25/06: Like a Racehorse:
[https://literalminded.wordpress.com/2006/04/25/like-a-racehorse/]
“I need to pee like a racehorse”
☛ AZ, 11/16/07: Opening Parliament and deliver a speech:
[http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005125.html]
☛ AZ, 12/6/07: QE2:
[http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005190.html]
☛ EB, 12/9/08: Believed to be an F-18:
[http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=893]
[note especially the comments by David Clausen and me]
☛ 1/10/09: Comma, please:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2009/01/10/comma-please/]
☛ 10/31/09: The nanosecond of uncertainty:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2009/10/31/the-nanosecond-of-uncertainty/]
section on modifier attachment
☛ 11/21/10: A comma, doctor!:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2010/11/21/a-comma-doctor/]
☛ 8/8/11: Go high or go low:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2011/08/08/go-high-or-go-low/]
☛ 8/27/11: Reversed blame:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2011/08/27/reversed-blame/]
☛ 1/14/12: Wrapping it up:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/01/14/wrapping-it-up/]
addendum
☛ 6/28/12: The lure of Low Attachment:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/06/28/the-lure-of-low-attachment/]
☛ 8/4/12: On the ambiguity watch:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/08/04/on-the-ambiguity-watch/]
☛ 10/25/12: Three headlines:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/10/25/three-headlines/]
#2
☛ 11/6/12: Dance with the one that’s nearest?:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/11/06/dance-with-the-one-thats-nearest/]
☛ 12/8/12: What is this postcard of which you speak:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2012/12/08/what-is-this-postcard-of-which-you-speak/]
Zits cartoon
☛ BZ, 4/12/13: Attachment ambiguity in “Frazz”:
[http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=4566]
☛ Neal Whitman, Literal Minded, 5/19/14: Sleep Like Death, Death Like Sleep:
[https://literalminded.wordpress.com/2014/05/19/sleep-like-death-death-like-sleep/]
☛ 12/12/14: High Attachment in the political news:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2014/12/12/high-attachment-in-the-political-news/]
☛ 4/7/15: High Attachment in the NYT:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2015/04/07/high-attachment-in-the-nyt/]
☛ 5/16/15: An attachment problem:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2015/05/16/an-attachment-problem/]
One Big Happy cartoon
☛ 7/30/15: Going for High Attachment:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2015/07/30/going-for-high-attachment/]
☛ 8/27/15: Briefly: HA in the commercials:
[http://arnoldzwicky.org/2015/08/27/briefly-ha-in-the-commercials/]
Febreze commercial
☛ 3/9/17: Spring bulbs:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/03/09/spring-bulbs/]
unsuccessful high attachment in a plant description
☛ 5/27/17: Memorial Saturday 4:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2017/05/27/memorial-saturday-4/]
high attachment
☛ 3/15/17: giving a speech on drugs:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/03/15/giving-a-speech-on-drugs/]
high attachment
☛ 9/1/18: Further adventures with Low Attachment:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/09/01/further-adventures-with-low-attachment/]
intended HA in two headline labeled as crash blossoms; also meaning to write or draw in Ancient Greek
☛ 9/17/18: The news for shoes:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/09/17/the-news-for-shoes/]
in ad copy for shoes: beautifully crafted shoes for women made in Spain (intended HA,the LA interpretation probably not noticed by readers)
☛ 9/30/18: Attaching an 8-page essay at Wheaton College:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/09/30/attaching-an-8-page-essay-at-wheaton-college/]
headline: Christian college punished football players who raped and beat a student with an 8-page essay; 4 attachments, highest HA intended
☛ 12/20/18: Ask not for whom the Reaper scythes:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2018/12/20/ask-not-for-whom-the-reaper-scythes/]
Purell … claims to kill 99.99% of common germs that may cause illness in as little as 15 seconds. : HA intended, LA hard to resist
☛ 4/5/19: Science, charity, and adverbial attachment:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2019/04/05/science-charity-and-adverbial-ambiguity/]
joke ambiguity turning on attachment ambiguity?
☛ 12/1/19: Three comic rabbits for December:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2019/12/01/three-comic-rabbits-for-december/]
MGG cartoon turning on an attachment ambiguity
☛ 4/3/21: Ripped from the headlines:
[https://arnoldzwicky.org/2021/04/03/ripped-from-the-headlines/]
CNN news story: HA intended, LA easily, and risibly, available
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