Illusions postings

Postings on the various illusions about linguistic variation; especially important postings are marked with an asterisk

☛ ML, 3/28/04: And yet:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/000648.html

☛ ML, 10/2/04: What “a hundred times” means:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001518.html

☛ *AZ, 11/9/04: The curious grammar of Ohio: The Local Color Illusion:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/001633.html

☛ *AZ, 8/7/05: Just between Dr. Language and I:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002386.html
Recency Illusion, Frequency Illusion

☛ *AZ, 8/17/05: More illusions:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002407.html
Adolescent Illusion, Out-group Illusion

☛ *AZ, 10/24/05: In terms of recency,…:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002580.html

☛ BZ, 10/28/05: The longue duree is not our forte:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002598.html

☛ BZ, 11/1/05: Literally: a history:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002611.html

☛ AZ, 1/31/06: The vocabulary of toadying:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002799.html

☛ AZ, 2/11/06: Whatever is not prohibited is permitted – not!:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002824.html

☛ BZ, 2/13/06: Feeling all Olympic-y:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002831.html

☛ BZ, 2/15/07: Odium against “podium”:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002839.html

☛ GP, 2/18/06: The infrequency illusion: A linguist’s prayer:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002849.html

☛ *AZ, 2/21/06: The Antiquity Illusion:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002862.html

☛ ML, 3/22/06: The Affect: Sociolinguistic speculation at the NYO:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002948.html

☛ BZ, 4/2/06: “Thinking specifically about the F-word…”:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/002979.html

☛ BZ, 5/1/06: Oxford English Corpus: Infested with eggcorns:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003098.html

☛ ML, 5/8/06: Deep in the Hookergate weeds:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003123.html

☛ BZ, 5/15/06: Pulling (to) within: The paper trail:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003146.html

☛ BZ, 6/18/06: Feeling hitterish with Diz and the Babe:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/003261.html

☛ **AZ, abstract of September 2006 for “Why are we so illuded?, on misperceptions about variation in language:

Click to access LSA07illude.abst.pdf

☛ ML, 10/25/07: Dickens, Browning and Follett:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005055.html

☛ ML, 10/26/07: Cold comfort for whomever:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005059.html

☛ AZ, 11/22/07: Fellows:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/005146.html

☛ BZ, 6/21/07: Great moments in antedating:
http://itre.cis.upenn.edu/~myl/languagelog/archives/004623.html

☛ 2/24/14: More Recency Illusion:

More Recency Illusion

☛ 12/28/14: The curious morphology of Canada:

The curious morphology of Canada


Local Color Illusion

☛ 11/20/15: stat:
/http://arnoldzwicky.org/2015/11/20/stat/
Recency Illusion

☛ 12/9/15: The prevalence of left-handers:

A prevalence of left-handers


Frequency Illusion

☛ 12/7/16: Interview with a supremo:

Interview with a supremo


Frequency Illusion (and confirmation bias)

☛ 8/30/18: On the journalism watch:

On the journalism watch


cognitive biases

☛ 9/20/19: A small moment of lexicographic fame:

A small moment of lexicographic fame


Frequency Illusion

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