Mark Dingemanse @markdingemanse.net · Mar 20

I love first sentences that just pull the reader in and get down to business. Here are some I appreciate — from panoramic (Levinson 1996) or dramatic (Strathern 1996) to mundane (Jefferson 1993) and matter-of-factly (Guest & Forbes 2024)

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Caroline Rowland · Mar 20

Steve Levinson is a master of the opening sentence. Here is one of my favourites

rogier kievit · Mar 20

Can't go wrong with Jerry Fodor either