ESL/EFL prescriptivists

metal56 · Post by **metal56** » Mon Feb 12, 2007 9:15 am

It's influence and reach could be significant.

The reach and significance of most Hollywood movies is often short-lived. I think Harry Potter will have a more durable influence than the movie you mention.

fluffyhamster · Post by **fluffyhamster** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 5:26 am

So, Chomsky not only saved linguistics, but will also prove to be saviour of the world etc etc.

metal56 · Post by **metal56** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:13 am

fluffyhamster wrote:So, Chomsky not only saved linguistics, but will also prove to be saviour of the world etc etc.

He will be given guru status by Chumpskies.

fluffyhamster · Post by **fluffyhamster** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 7:54 am

BTW, that #%&!* at the bottom of the last page was meant to stand for 'quite'.

jotham · Post by **jotham** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 3:32 am

fluffyhamster wrote:So, Chomsky not only saved linguistics, but will also prove to be saviour of the world etc etc.

Will save the world? It already happened — where were you? Chomsky and others (like Hayek, Friedman) provided theoretic framework in different fields against Communism/authoritarianism, and politicians (like Reagan, Thatcher, etc.) took the theories and acted on them. The Soviet Union is gone now and communism is on the wane.

fluffyhamster · Post by **fluffyhamster** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 12:18 pm

Oh, damn, I must've been busy wasting time on Syntactic Structures, Aspects etc while he (<<SIGH, swoon, gibber>>) was wrestling with more important things!