Discussed in this essay:Less Than Meets the Eye, David Berlinski. St. Martin's Press. $19.95.The Mad Man, Samuel R. Delany. Rhinoceros Publications. 520pp 0.
At a conference in 1970, Montague and George Lakoff were arguing about a grammatical point when Partee intervened, attempting to explain each one’s position to the other. Afterwards, Montague gave her what she describes as “the nearest I ever got to a compliment” from him.
“Barbara,” he said, “I think you’re the only linguist who it is not the case that I can’t talk to.”
This essay on the representation of Richard Montague in fiction is well worth reading. But this anecdote quoted is from real life.