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Re:Tom Wolfe takes on linguistics by jugbandjames on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @04:31AM (#12164148)
I'd say his research methods are wrong. Limiting your research to so-called competent speakers is cherry picking data, in my view.
Re:Tom Wolfe takes on linguistics by Natanael_L on Tuesday July 26, 2016 @07:05AM (#12164744)
Depends on what your goal is. You won't be able to generalize to the wider population, but you'll still be able to learn a lot.