Recently, I received from Academia.edu an AI version of a  review of my article in Chinese Semiotic Studies on my Harvard Ph.D. supervisor Roman Jakobson. Though this might strike some readers of this blog as off-topic, here are both items.

[Chinese Semiotic Studies] Roman Jakobson in Retrospect

An AI created a podcast of your paper Roman Jakobson in… – michael_shapiro@brown.edu – Brown Uni

MICHAEL SHAPIRO

The title of this post is also the title of my book, which has as its contents many of the posts that are available on this blog. The book is in its second edition (dated 2017) and is available on Amazon.

Unfortunately, the publisher––Springer Nature––has set such a high price for the book that it is unlikely to be bought by the ordinary reader. However, all readers of this blog are highly encouraged to gain access to the book if they can manage it, perhaps by going to an academic library or reading it digitally.

As evidenced by the reviews, making an effort to sampleThe Speaking Self: Language Lore and English Usage should be more than worth the effort.

MICHAEL SHAPIRO