Talk:Michael Silverstein

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Sorry this is very incomplete. It's late and I'm tired. This guy is important, I promise.

It would be really awesome if someone who knew more about Silverstein could contribute; my knowledge of him is shallow(er than I'd like it to be). Superabo 09:15, 11 January 2007 (UTC)

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i'm taking a semiotics class by him, he's a big deal but hasn't published many books. it seems like his contributions have been disseminated largely by his students, since he hasn't published many books.

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I can only stress what others say. He's on my dissertation committee. He's most famous among linguists for his 1976 article about feature asymmetries in languages -- it's even called the "Silverstein hierarchy" (although he himself does not believe it to be one but many hierarchies). Anyways, I'll add stuff about that latter when I get the chance. trwier 20 Feb 2007