Givón (1979): "...the only hope for a different linguistics lies in the actual practice of doing linguistics differently."

Duela hiru egun, an gure sarrera titulatuá:

• Givón (1979) mintzo da (nagusiki) gain Chomsky-ren gramatika transformazional-generatiboa
  

hona ekartzen genuén Givón-ek emandako hasiera ki bere liburua titúlatzen "On understanding grammar" an bere edizioa te 1979, nondik gaur nabarmendu nahi dugú esaldi hau: 

I have become more and more weary of the circular, sterile, and scholastic nature of the polemics, and have come to believe that the only hope for a different linguistics lies in the actual practice of doing linguistics differently. [Givón, 1979:2]

Esaldi horretan, Givón-ek kritikatzen dú gramatika generatiboa (enfoke formala), ustez-ze:

... the only hope for a different linguistics lies in the actual practice of doing linguistics differently. [Givón, 1979:2]

referituz ki enfoke funtzionala.