Language and Linguistics

[Robert Lawless]

In the preface to Pygmalion Shaw states, "Higgins is not a portrait of 
Sweet, to whom the adventure of Eliza Doolittle would have been impossible; 
still, as will be seen, there are touches of Sweet in the play." At any 
rate, I'm not sure that writing about a linguist makes one a linguist. Robert.

At 08:59 AM 3/10/2008, Barbara Johnstone wrote:
>G.B. Shaw?  Pygmalion, remember?  The Henry Higgins character was based on
>Henry Sweet.
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: owner-linganth at ats.rochester.edu [mailto:owner-
> > linganth at ats.rochester.edu] On Behalf Of Robert Lawless
> > Sent: Monday, March 10, 2008 9:39 AM
> > To: linganth at cc.rochester.edu
> > Subject: [Linganth] Language and Linguistics
> >
> > Were any of the great (or even not-so-great) literary giants of English
> > linguistically sophisticated? Is it of any benefit to a writer to be able
> > to articulate the structure and history of the language? Robert.
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> >