Ling. & the milennium

[Johanna Rubba]

Hello funknetters,

Have any of you seen the summary of the 'linguistics and the milennium'
discussion on Linguist? When I saw the original query, I wanted to send
in some votes for things like our arrival at the relation between grammar
and discourse, the realization that metaphor is an everyday thing, the
importance of image-schematic gestalts in meaning, and the
experientialist position. These are things that I think have truly
advanced our understanding of language in the past century, not to
mention the strength of the ever-discussed language/thought connection.

I expected, of course to see the votes for things like the 'discovery' of
the autonomy of the language faculty and Chomskyan Universal Grammar. I
was hoping for some votes from "our side" to balance things. Any of you
feel the same?

-- this is another one of those occasions where I feel it is too
Balkanizing to have a separate funknet. If we had our discussions on
Linguist, at least _some_ people would read them, no? Our voice would be
out there!

Functionally yours,
jo

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Johanna Rubba   Assistant Professor, Linguistics              =
English Department, California Polytechnic State University   =
San Luis Obispo, CA 93407                                     =
Tel. (805)-756-0117  E-mail: jrubba at oboe.aix.calpoly.edu      =
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