[Corpora-List] corpus linguistics

[Przemyslaw Kaszubski]

Rob Malouf wrote (2007-09-18 06:15):
> I suspect I speak for a large silent constituency (if not a majority)  
>   
I find the "large" and "majority" estimates sligthly inflated, 
especially since ...

> when I say that I've found this whole discussion almost completely  
> uninteresting.  
... since I could say the above rather easily about most posts in most 
of the lists I subscribe to...

> But, it's been easy enough to skim (or not) and  
> delete, so I haven't been moved to complain about it.  This meta- 
> discussion though has definitely risen above the threshold of  
> annoyance.  If the list manager (who runs the list FOR FREE and no  
> doubt has other things she'd rather be thinking about) asks someone  
> to take a discussion off-line, why not just do that? It seems like a  
> matter of common courtesy.  Set up a blog or a mailing list or a wiki  
> or whatever -- there are lots of free options available these days --  
> and have at it.
>   
I do agree with the courtesy argument, though, and I also respect the 
conditions specified in the list's description, which do not
mention debate among the priorities. Should the practice be established 
that longer discussions are supposed to move off to other venues, I 
would appreciate if the main discussants informed the subscribers of 
that. Personally, though, I'd prefer a list that is alive and 
argumentative to one that concentrates on technicalities and 
announcements only. Susan Hunston wrote: "Corpus linguists can be very 
partisan ..." (Corpora and Applied Linguistics, 2002:95), and I think 
our contrasting passions are reflected most distinctly in this 
meta-exchange.

Przemek



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