Grammar »
Arizona Immigration and Education
April 30th, 2010 | No Comments
A blogger for the Wall Street Journal has written a post commenting on the impact the immigration law may have on education.
The new law requires police to question anyone suspected of being in the country illegally. The educational implication for this may result in the arbitrary firing of teachers with heavy accents or have less than standard English syntax or morphology.
Debating Grammar Pt. 3: grammar vs. Grammar”
February 20th, 2009 | 1 Comment
Eagle-eyed blog readers may notice that in my previous posts about grammar, I did not capitalize “grammar” except at the beginning of sentences and in the titles. This is because in the world of linguistics, there is a difference between “grammar” and “Grammar”.
grammar with a small g, refers to language specific patterns and structures.
Grammar with a capital G, refers to Universal Grammar.
Debating Grammar Pt. 2: Rules, Schmules
February 17th, 2009 | 2 Comments
To continue the debate regarding the existence of grammar, we move on to the topic of rules. Are the rules set forth in language a prescription of nuns with rulers in their hands, or is there something within the languages themselves that follow logical patterns?
American-born Taiwanese girl who married a Japanese guy. And who forgot about six years' of Spanish grammar and most of the vocab.
E-mail Yvonne
nerissa
celiviel
yvonnekao
Korean-American girl who blogs under a Spanish pseudonym because being culturally confusing is fun. Native speakers say that she has outstanding Spanish (which is a definite compliment) and outstanding German (which is most assuredly not).
Elenita
American-born, Taiwanese guy who took five semesters worth of German and ended up with a major in Linguistics.
Subscribe