I’m quite pleased with the way my essay on subduction phrases addressed some of the problems with examples head on.
I think that similar considerations apply here. Real life is terribly messy and non-fiction examples are likely to be lengthy and ambiguous to the point of obscurity. A better criticism is that the fictional examples need to be followed up by much longer real-life examples that address the practical difficulties. That however is more in the nature of “directions for future research” than an outright criticism.
I’m quite pleased with the way my essay on subduction phrases addressed some of the problems with examples head on.
I think that similar considerations apply here. Real life is terribly messy and non-fiction examples are likely to be lengthy and ambiguous to the point of obscurity. A better criticism is that the fictional examples need to be followed up by much longer real-life examples that address the practical difficulties. That however is more in the nature of “directions for future research” than an outright criticism.