[B-Greek] Iterative, Customary, Gnomic, Conative, etc.
James Tauber
jtauber at jtauber.com
Thu Mar 29 00:52:44 EDT 2007
It's an improvement, but it doesn't get to the heart of the distinction.
English-speaking linguists still use a metalanguage when describing
the linguistics of English.
James
On 29/03/2007, at 11:49 AM, Curtis Hinson wrote:
> Well, unless we "talk" Greek well enough to talk about Greek
> grammar IN Greek. :-D
>
> Bless the Name
> Curtis Hinson
> http://curtishinson.com
>
> James Tauber wrote the following on 3/28/2007 8:11 PM:
>> In other words, while I agree that being able to talk about a
>> language doesn't mean you can talk the language, the converse is
>> also true: just because you can talk the language doesn't mean
>> you are able to talk about it in a clear way.
>>
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