Why just the English teacher? Why not the Spanish, Greek, German,
Russian, or any other language teacher? Has English become the
standard by which we understand grammar, or is it by Scott's
umderstanding that we proceed?


On Wednesday, July 21, 2010, Brad Johnston <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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> The domain of grammar belongs to the English teacher -- not the linguist, who often uses a language understood by only the initiated. Although I have a doctorate in linguistics (English & Spanish), it was in structural linguistics and I am auditing a graduate course in English grammar just to try to understand what in the world they are talking about.
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> It is my growing conviction that for the ATEG listserv to be most effective, the non-grammarians (i.e, linguists and all who think like them, e.g, rhetoricians), should have their own separate forum. They are an impediment to those who want to "teach English grammar", which is what ATEG is about.
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> Grammarians struggle for coherence. Linguists are fascinated by incoherence. Two different disciplines. Two different goals. Two different results. Two different worlds.
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> It is my observation that linguists dominate this listserv to the exclusion of grammarians, who are rarely willing to risk life and limb by getting caught in the linguist's withering cross-fire.
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> There needs to be a separate ATEL for those to whom it applies.
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