MY APOLOGIES oh my
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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Judy Diamondstone
Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 8:51 PM
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Subject: Re: fUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR
Herb, may I refer to your messages in the paper I'm writing? The ones in the
thread on functional grammar are of particular interest to me.
Judy
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From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar
[mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Herb Stahlke
Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 3:46 PM
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Subject: Re: fUNCTIONAL GRAMMAR
A minor point, but while we do need the language of wider communication and
we must, as we all agree, prepare our students to compete, what makes the
language of wider communication what it is is not that it "can communicate
thoroughly and precisely the meanings we need to communicate across
geographical, cultural, and ethnic boundaries" but, simply and
tautologically, that it is the language of wider communication. It is its
status as the prestige dialect that makes it acceptable across various
boundaries, not its linguistic properties.
Herbert F. W. Stahlke, Ph.D.
Professor of English
Ball State University
Muncie, IN 47306
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But we need a language in the English-speaking world that can
communicate thoroughly and precisely the meanings we need to communicate
across geographical, cultural, and ethnic boundaries. We, as teachers,
scholars, writers, editors, etc., have a responsibility to ensure the
availability of that language to all persons who need to communicate across
those boundaries.
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