And what have I said that gives you that impression?Originally Posted by thehotelambush
Even if my understanding of the functions were an "incorrect" one, how is that relevant to being able to add something new?How can you possibly hope to add something new to it?
Certainly there are people on this forum who have some interesting ideas, that possibly may lead somewhere; yet there isn't always widespread agreement that their theories are correct. One might use Tcaud as an example; I think there are good grounds to dispute some of what he has says, especially regarding functional definitions. So what? He may still be onto something in terms of some of his ideas.
Whether I have the answers regarding the best approach to linguistic analysis isn't even that relevant, as I was inviting people to offer their analyses.
All you're doing is stating that I'm "wrong" without even there being so much as a single statement to be wrong about.
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