capitalization of fields of study
Richard L. Goerwitz
book that covers historical and comparative linguistics, phonology,
syntax, semantics, etc. Do I have to capitalize these words? I have
always thought that the rule was, capitalize them if they refer to a
discipline as an entity (e.g. "his degree is in "Linguistics"), but
not in cases like "he knows a lot about linguistics."
Is this correct?
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-Richard L. Goerwitz goer%mid...@uchicago.bitnet
go...@midway.uchicago.edu rutgers!oddjob!ellis!goer
Rick Jelliffe
>When does one capitalize "Linguistics"? What if I'm talking about a
>book that covers historical and comparative linguistics, phonology,
>syntax, semantics, etc. Do I have to capitalize these words? I have
>always thought that the rule was, capitalize them if they refer to a
>discipline as an entity (e.g. "his degree is in "Linguistics"), but
>not in cases like "he knows a lot about linguistics."
If neither is confusing, you should do whatever you consider more
beautiful: given your germanic name, you might decide that Capitals are
Beautiful; given my jolly old name, I say they are not.
-Rick Jelliffe
Mark Israel
> When does one capitalize "Linguistics"? What if I'm talking about a
> book that covers historical and comparative linguistics, phonology,
> syntax, semantics, etc. Do I have to capitalize these words? I have
> always thought that the rule was, capitalize them if they refer to a
> discipline as an entity (e.g. "his degree is in "Linguistics"), but
> not in cases like "he knows a lot about linguistics."
>
> Is this correct?
You have called the activity in a.u.e. "silly grammar-book
discussions".
If you think our advice is so "silly", you shouldn't ask us for
any, you hypocritical nincompoop!
mis...@csi.uottawa.ca Mark Israel
Sunbeams brightly play, where Fancy's fair pavilion once is pight.