Degenerative GrammarOur Current State of Linguistic Degradation

Published: July 4, 2014, 7 p.m.

Degenerative Grammar\u2014Our Current State of Linguistic Degradation; by D. T. R. O\u2019Rait, D. Bauch, and Wayne N. DeKay; From Volume CLXVI, Number 4, of Speculative Grammarian, March 2013 \u2014 Since the 1950s, linguistics has been wild with excitement over Chomsky\u2019s insights, collectively known as \u201cgenerative grammar.\u201d As all non-linguists know, however, grammar as speakers encounter it in daily life is actually degenerative. (Read by Peter Carrillo.)