Fwd: What do linguists do?

Tue Jun 20 02:59:45 UTC 2006

What he said.  This column is essentially a well-deserved encomium to
Language Log and the book (_Far From the Madding Gerund_) derived
therefrom.

LH

>Date:         Mon, 19 Jun 2006 20:47:19 -0600
>Reply-To: Roger Shuy <rshuy at MONTANA.COM>
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>From: Roger Shuy <rshuy at MONTANA.COM>
>Subject: [FL-LIST] What do linguists do?
>
>Relating to the recent posts about what the field of linguistics is, I
>recommend the article in today's Boston Globe by Jan Freeman. Find it at:
>
>http://www.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2006/06/18/what_do_linguists_do?mode=PF
>
>
>Roger

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