Long-term contributors to OTF may remember that I used to be a reasonably regular contributor. My contribution rate has dropped in recent years, and is currently barely a trickle. Anyway, I thought some of you may be interested to hear that last Friday I had the viva for my PhD., and I passed with no corrections.
To celebrate I have made a temporary (and my first ever) change of username.
(For those interested, the thesis is entitled 'The social evolution of pragmatic behaviour'. It's about what social evolution theory (what used to be called sociobiology) can tell us about language, and specifically about pragmatics.)
To celebrate I have made a temporary (and my first ever) change of username.
(For those interested, the thesis is entitled 'The social evolution of pragmatic behaviour'. It's about what social evolution theory (what used to be called sociobiology) can tell us about language, and specifically about pragmatics.)
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