Showing posts with label meta. Show all posts
Showing posts with label meta. Show all posts

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Tomorrow

"Well what if there is no tomorrow? There wasn't one today..."
Quote from Groundhog Day (1993)


Interestingly my topic selection is quite clearly provoked yet again. Groundhog Day is playing in the background of my tapping fingers (for a third time), while I am pouring out thoughts into words on the border between Christmas Eve and Christmas, being in both in my home and university Time Zones.

Tuesday, December 8, 2009

Invoking Questions


Warning: Dangerous bend ahead



English has a well-defined set of question words. In brief, we claim all of them can be expanded into a
what phrase. To demonstrate:

  • what ::= what
  • who ::= what be the actor of/that
  • when ::= what be the time of
  • where ::= what be the location of
  • how ::= what be the way of
  • which ::= what be the choice of
  • whose ::= what be the owner of
  • why ::= what be the reason of
Lets pursue this further.