Please take me off your list. [log in to unmask] Thank you. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Beth Young" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, February 13, 2004 11:53 AM Subject: Re: Language article on "Like" in WSJ online > Brock, a Temple Univ linguist published research on this topic about a > year ago, causing heated discussions among my grammar students. Here's > one of the references to her research: > > http://blogs.salon.com/0001381/stories/2002/11/05/theSemanticsOfilikei.html > > > Beth Young > > > > > Dr. Beth Rapp Young > Director, University Writing Center > Associate Professor, English > > University of Central Florida > From Promise to Prominence: Celebrating 40 Years. > > Email: [log in to unmask] > http://pegasus.cc.ucf.edu/~byoung > > P.O. Box 161347 > University of Central Florida > Orlando 32816-1347 > > Office: 407-823-2853 > Fax: 407-823-3007 > > > >>> [log in to unmask] 02/13/04 02:06PM >>> > Bill, I enjoyed this article, and my (community college) students will > also. I was interested in the mention of the linguists' argument that > "like" and other filler words confer some advantages: they gain the > speaker a moment to gather thoughts, they seem to encourage more complex > sentences, and they discourage listeners from interrupting. About the > last two points, the article refers to "studies," and if anyone knows of > such research, I would be interested (I can be reached off-list at > [log in to unmask]). > > Brock > > -----Original Message----- > From: Assembly for the Teaching of English Grammar on behalf of > Spruiell, William C > Sent: Thu 2/5/2004 11:54 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Cc: > Subject: Language article on "Like" in WSJ online > > > The online version of the Wall Street Journal has an article on > the use of 'like' for, like, every other, like, word. Particularly > interesting is the fact that apparently some speech pathologists are > charging $100 an hour or so for the kind of speech intervention that > anyone with even a mild sadistic streak could do. I realize this might > be a bit off-topic, but I thought it could be used as a discussion item > in middle- or high-school grammar classes. I'm pasting a link to it > below. > > > http://online.wsj.com/article_email/0,,SB107577318033518819-Ihje4Nolah3m5ura HyGa6mAm5,00.html > > > > Bill Spruiell > > Dept. of English > Central Michigan University > > > > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web > interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select > "Join or leave the list" > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ > > To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: > http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html > and select "Join or leave the list" > > Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/ To join or leave this LISTSERV list, please visit the list's web interface at: http://listserv.muohio.edu/archives/ateg.html and select "Join or leave the list" Visit ATEG's web site at http://ateg.org/