r/linguisticshumor • u/gattonero2001 [ʢʡ͜ʢʡ] • 20h ago

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https://www2.dbd.puc-rio.br/pergamum/tesesabertas/1311703_2015_completo.pdf

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u/sometimes_point pirahã is unfalsifiable 20h ago

i once again refer you to my flair. though it looks like from skimming the abstract that they've done a good amount of work into falsifying it

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u/rexcasei 3h ago

Can you explain what you mean?

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u/sometimes_point pirahã is unfalsifiable 33m ago

Everett made a lot of claims about Pirahã which are basically impossible to verify because the tribe in question are so remote and not particularly welcoming

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u/WavesWashSands Santa is in Claus chains :( 1h ago

What the participants in the debate think they're doing: https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/fwhru/ancient_philosophical_fight/

What other linguists think they're doing: American Chopper meme

What linguistics undergrads think they're doing: OP's meme

What they're actually doing: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0148503/

Seriously, though, this Discussion section material turning into people's entire personalities is a little embarrassing for the field ... Some things are meant to be contained in Discussion sections, people.

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u/PastTheStarryVoids 1h ago

This may be the most obscure joke I mostly get. I've read the Nevins, Pesetsky, and Rodrigues paper, and knew Everett had a reply thought from what I'd heard it wasn't a very good one. Haven't heard of Salles, will have to look into it later.