A Postcard From Galicia

By Geoffrey Pullum. Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain — This historic city, famous as the endpoint of a 1,000-kilometer pilgrimage route, has a short street named (in Galician) “Tránsito dos Gramáticos.” I don’t know of another city with a street dedicated to the grammarians of the world. How appropriate that the local university should be holding an international workshop on discourse analysis (IWoDA 2013). Read more...