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- Date: Wed, 30 Dec 1992 07:33:43 CST
- Sender: English Language Discussion Group <WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu>
- From: Natalie Maynor <maynor@RA.MSSTATE.EDU>
- Subject: Re: inventing a label
- Comments: To: WORDS-L@uga.cc.uga.edu
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- > "buzz off". But when people ask a question like "what is it
- > that makes people form emergency listservs" they CAN (on rare
- > occasions) mean something different from "what is a good name
- > for whatever it is that makes people form emergency listservs".
-
- How is the respondent to know which intent the question had?
-
- > some FACTS about language acquisition while you, after a lot
- > Of pretty frustrating correspondence, revealed that you were
- > only talking about what some people use the label "native
- > language" for. Later, the thread degenerated into making fun
-
- Although I don't remember the details of that thread now, I believe that
- I was talking about what some people use the label "native language" for
- because you took issue with some people's use of that label. What kinds
- of facts about language acquisition were you looking for? I don't
- remember.
-
- > if you stop assuming that the world is full of freshmen then a lot
- > of flip answers will stop too.
-
- Quite the contrary. I give thorough answers to freshmen because their
- questions usually require and deserve thorough answers. And their questions
- usually make sense.
- --Natalie (maynor@ra.msstate.edu)
-