linguistic questions

[hmfaller at umich.edu]

I should clarify my earlier statement. What I meant was that I don't think
that monolingual linguists can contribute much to larger understandings of
language as a cognitive system. You may not agree with me and I'd be happy
to stand corrected.

Cheers,

Helen

--On Thursday, April 17, 2003 1:57 PM -0700 "Philip D. Young"
<pyoung at OREGON.UOREGON.EDU> wrote:

>
> > Do monolinguals ever tell
> > us anything of interest about language?
>
> And I feel compelled to take issue with that statement. Linguists have
> learned a lot that is of interest about languages from monolinguals.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Phil Young, Professor Emeritus
> Department of Anthropology
> 1218 University of Oregon
> Eugene, OR 97403
> pyoung at oregon.uoregon.edu
>